Neurologic complications following the treatment of human Babesia microti infection with diminazene aceturate

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1979 Mar;28(2):184-9. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1979.28.184.

Abstract

A 65-year-old man infected with Babesia microti failed to respond to therapy with oral chloroquine phosphate. He was then successfully dreated with diminazene aceturate, an experimental anti-protozoal agent. After his recovery from babesiosis, the patient developed acute idiopathic polyneuritis (Landry-Guillain-Barré Syndrome), which was probably related to his diminazene therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amidines / adverse effects*
  • Animals
  • Babesiosis / drug therapy*
  • Chloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Diminazene / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Polyneuropathies / chemically induced*

Substances

  • Amidines
  • Chloroquine
  • Diminazene