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Herbst J, Crissinger T, Baldwin K. Diffuse Ischemic Strokes and Sickle Cell Crisis Induced by Disseminated Anaplasmosis: A Case Report. Case Rep Neurol. 2019;11(3):271-276doi: 10.1159/000502567.
Herbst, J., Crissinger, T., & Baldwin, K. (2019). Diffuse Ischemic Strokes and Sickle Cell Crisis Induced by Disseminated Anaplasmosis: A Case Report. Case reports in neurology, 11(3), 271-276. https://doi.org/10.1159/000502567
Herbst, John, et al. "Diffuse Ischemic Strokes and Sickle Cell Crisis Induced by Disseminated Anaplasmosis: A Case Report." Case reports in neurology vol. 11,3 (2019): 271-276. doi: https://doi.org/10.1159/000502567
Herbst J, Crissinger T, Baldwin K. Diffuse Ischemic Strokes and Sickle Cell Crisis Induced by Disseminated Anaplasmosis: A Case Report. Case Rep Neurol. 2019 Sep 19;11(3):271-276. doi: 10.1159/000502567. eCollection 2019. PMID: 31607893; PMCID: PMC6787427.
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Case Rep Neurol. 2019 Sep 19;11(3):271-276. doi: 10.1159/000502567. eCollection 2019.

Diffuse Ischemic Strokes and Sickle Cell Crisis Induced by Disseminated Anaplasmosis: A Case Report.

Case reports in neurology

John Herbst, Tyler Crissinger, Kelly Baldwin

Affiliations

  1. Neurology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA.
  2. Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.

PMID: 31607893 PMCID: PMC6787427 DOI: 10.1159/000502567

Abstract

We present a 26-year-old female with HbSC disease who presented to the emergency department multiple times with pain and shortness of breath, eventually developing unresponsiveness and a brief episode of pulseless electrical activity. She was admitted to the intensive care unit with multisystem organ failure and found to have diffuse ischemic strokes. Infectious workup revealed disseminated anaplasmosis and babesiosis, which had likely caused sickle cell crisis, atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome, and ischemic brain injury. She was started on eculizumab therapy as well as antimicrobial therapy with doxycycline, clindamycin, and atovaquone. The patient was given tracheostomy and a percutaneous feeding tube. Unfortunately, she did not have significant neurologic recovery after prolonged hospital stay and was discharged to a skilled nursing facility with significant neurologic burden.

Copyright © 2019 by S. Karger AG, Basel.

Keywords: Anaplasmosis; Babesiosis; HbSC; Sickle cell; Stroke

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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