Imported Malaria: A Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Case in Turkey with Rarely Seen Blood Stages of Infection
Malaria is an important public health problem, with about 219 million cases, which account for 435 thousand deaths of children in Africa in 2017. The infection is transmitted by female anopheles mosquito, including Plasmodium species pathogen for human. In Turkey, no domestic cases have been reporte...
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| description | Malaria is an important public health problem, with about 219 million cases, which account for 435 thousand deaths of children in Africa in 2017. The infection is transmitted by female anopheles mosquito, including Plasmodium species pathogen for human. In Turkey, no domestic cases have been reported; however, according to Annual Health Statistics, 214 imported cases were reported in 2017. Although P. vivax exactly was reported in previous years, imported Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) cases have increased in the last few years. Herein, we report a case of a 41-year-old male patient who returned two weeks ago from a one-week African journey. A limited number of different blood stages of the parasite (mature trophozoite, young and mature schizont) have been seen in the examination of the peripheral smear; however, the gametocyte stage was not seen. In the present case, detecting mature stages beside the early forms at the peripheral smear could not eliminate the probability of P. falciparum. To confirm the diagnosis and regulate the treatment protocol, molecular methods were employed to differentiate the potential mixture of infection. In this case study, we propose how to approach an uncertain case of severe falciparum malaria or mixture of malaria infection combined with another Plasmodium species, as a result of limited number of different blood stages of the infection at the peripheral smear. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da4d0a9a1f6d425ba95838923b57c7412023-02-15T16:15:36ZengGalenos YayineviTürkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi2146-30772146-30772021-09-0145321621910.4274/tpd.galenos.2021.700313049054Imported Malaria: A Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Case in Turkey with Rarely Seen Blood Stages of InfectionKoray Öncel0Leman Karaağaç1Ahmet Özbilgin2 Mehmet Akif İnan Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Mikrobiyoloji Laboratuvarı, Şanlıurfa, Türkiye Mehmet Akif İnan Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Kliniği, Şanlıurfa, Türkiye Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Parazitoloji Anabilim Dalı, Manisa, Türkiye Malaria is an important public health problem, with about 219 million cases, which account for 435 thousand deaths of children in Africa in 2017. The infection is transmitted by female anopheles mosquito, including Plasmodium species pathogen for human. In Turkey, no domestic cases have been reported; however, according to Annual Health Statistics, 214 imported cases were reported in 2017. Although P. vivax exactly was reported in previous years, imported Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) cases have increased in the last few years. Herein, we report a case of a 41-year-old male patient who returned two weeks ago from a one-week African journey. A limited number of different blood stages of the parasite (mature trophozoite, young and mature schizont) have been seen in the examination of the peripheral smear; however, the gametocyte stage was not seen. In the present case, detecting mature stages beside the early forms at the peripheral smear could not eliminate the probability of P. falciparum. To confirm the diagnosis and regulate the treatment protocol, molecular methods were employed to differentiate the potential mixture of infection. In this case study, we propose how to approach an uncertain case of severe falciparum malaria or mixture of malaria infection combined with another Plasmodium species, as a result of limited number of different blood stages of the infection at the peripheral smear. http://www.turkiyeparazitolderg.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/mported-malaria-a-iplasmodium-falciparum-i-malaria/48451 malariaplasmodium falciparumimported |
| spellingShingle | Koray Öncel Leman Karaağaç Ahmet Özbilgin Imported Malaria: A Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Case in Turkey with Rarely Seen Blood Stages of Infection Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi malaria plasmodium falciparum imported |
| title | Imported Malaria: A Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Case in Turkey with Rarely Seen Blood Stages of Infection |
| title_full | Imported Malaria: A Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Case in Turkey with Rarely Seen Blood Stages of Infection |
| title_fullStr | Imported Malaria: A Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Case in Turkey with Rarely Seen Blood Stages of Infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Imported Malaria: A Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Case in Turkey with Rarely Seen Blood Stages of Infection |
| title_short | Imported Malaria: A Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Case in Turkey with Rarely Seen Blood Stages of Infection |
| title_sort | imported malaria a plasmodium falciparum malaria case in turkey with rarely seen blood stages of infection |
| topic | malaria plasmodium falciparum imported |
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http://www.turkiyeparazitolderg.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/mported-malaria-a-iplasmodium-falciparum-i-malaria/48451
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