A Patient with G6PD Deficiency and Falciparum Malaria

A 20 year old male patient from Afghanistan with a history of G6PD deficiency and clinical manifestations of malaria referred to Bou-Ali Hospital in Tehran, capital of Iran. Giemsa stained thick blood films revealed an infection of Plasmodium falciparum with 33700 parasite/μL of blood. The patient w...

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Main Authors: M Nateghpour, A Miahipour, M Yousefi, A Mohammadiha, Y Fagani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2007-03-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
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Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/18
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description A 20 year old male patient from Afghanistan with a history of G6PD deficiency and clinical manifestations of malaria referred to Bou-Ali Hospital in Tehran, capital of Iran. Giemsa stained thick blood films revealed an infection of Plasmodium falciparum with 33700 parasite/μL of blood. The patient was successfully treated according to malaria treatment guideline.
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spellingShingle M Nateghpour
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Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Falciparum
title A Patient with G6PD Deficiency and Falciparum Malaria
title_full A Patient with G6PD Deficiency and Falciparum Malaria
title_fullStr A Patient with G6PD Deficiency and Falciparum Malaria
title_full_unstemmed A Patient with G6PD Deficiency and Falciparum Malaria
title_short A Patient with G6PD Deficiency and Falciparum Malaria
title_sort patient with g6pd deficiency and falciparum malaria
topic Falciparum
url https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/18
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