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J Pediatr Infect Dis 2020; 15(06): 269-275
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1717149
Review Article

Tick-Borne-Associated Illnesses in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Kaila Lessner 
1   Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
,
Conrad Krawiec
2   Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Children's Hospital, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
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Abstract

When unrecognized and antibiotic delay occurs, Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain–spotted fever, babesiosis, and human ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis can result in multiorgan system dysfunction and potentially death. This review focuses on the early recognition, evaluation, and stabilization of the rare life-threatening sequelae seen in tick-borne illnesses that require admission in the pediatric intensive care unit.

Keywords

Rocky Mountain–spotted fever - Lyme disease - human ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis - babesiosis


Publication History

Received: 16 June 2020

Accepted: 01 September 2020

Article published online:
15 October 2020

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