An Unusual Presentation of Falciparum Malaria As a Cause of Anemia
Malaria is a serious disease and may sometimes be fatal. The disease is seen in countries with tropical and subtropical climates. We report a clinical case of malaria from our country where only imported malaria cases are reported, but where the disease still continues to be a problem. Hepatosplenom...
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| author | İlkay BOZKURT Hava YILMAZ Heval BİLEK Mustafa SÜNBÜL |
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| description | Malaria is a serious disease and may sometimes be fatal. The disease is seen in countries with tropical and subtropical climates. We report a clinical case of malaria from our country where only imported malaria cases are reported, but where the disease still continues to be a problem. Hepatosplenomegaly was the only positive physical examination fi nding of the 49-year-old male patient who had no any other symptom except for fatigue and palpitation. Hemoglobin level of the patient was 5.4 g/dL. He was admitted to the hospital for the investigation of the cause of anemia. It was found that he had recently arrived from Nigeria and got malaria, and therefore, treated about a month ago. Up on the visualisation of rounded trophozoites with ring forms and gametocytes in the stained blood smears of the patient, the patient was diagnosed with malaria and treated for it. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08ca193d49884c7d9e97e061c2458f3e2023-02-15T16:18:53ZengBilimsel Tip YayineviFlora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi1300-932X1300-932X2015-09-01203162165An Unusual Presentation of Falciparum Malaria As a Cause of Anemiaİlkay BOZKURT0Hava YILMAZ1Heval BİLEK2Mustafa SÜNBÜL3Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, TurkeyDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, TurkeyDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, TurkeyDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, TurkeyMalaria is a serious disease and may sometimes be fatal. The disease is seen in countries with tropical and subtropical climates. We report a clinical case of malaria from our country where only imported malaria cases are reported, but where the disease still continues to be a problem. Hepatosplenomegaly was the only positive physical examination fi nding of the 49-year-old male patient who had no any other symptom except for fatigue and palpitation. Hemoglobin level of the patient was 5.4 g/dL. He was admitted to the hospital for the investigation of the cause of anemia. It was found that he had recently arrived from Nigeria and got malaria, and therefore, treated about a month ago. Up on the visualisation of rounded trophozoites with ring forms and gametocytes in the stained blood smears of the patient, the patient was diagnosed with malaria and treated for it.http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2015-20-03-162-165.pdfPlasmodium falciparumMalariaAnemia |
| spellingShingle | İlkay BOZKURT Hava YILMAZ Heval BİLEK Mustafa SÜNBÜL An Unusual Presentation of Falciparum Malaria As a Cause of Anemia Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Anemia |
| title | An Unusual Presentation of Falciparum Malaria As a Cause of Anemia |
| title_full | An Unusual Presentation of Falciparum Malaria As a Cause of Anemia |
| title_fullStr | An Unusual Presentation of Falciparum Malaria As a Cause of Anemia |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Presentation of Falciparum Malaria As a Cause of Anemia |
| title_short | An Unusual Presentation of Falciparum Malaria As a Cause of Anemia |
| title_sort | unusual presentation of falciparum malaria as a cause of anemia |
| topic | Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Anemia |
| url | http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2015-20-03-162-165.pdf |
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