Plasmodium malariae in Bangladesh.

We describe a 32-year-old Bangladeshi male presenting with severe malaria caused by a mono-infection with Plasmodium malariae. Rosetting of infected and uninfected erythrocytes, a putative virulence factor in falciparum malaria, was observed in the blood slide. Severe disease caused by P. malariae i...

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Hlavní autoři: Rahman, W, Chotivanich, K, Silamut, K, Tanomsing, N, Hossain, A, Faiz, M, Dondorp, A, Maude, R
Médium: Journal article
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: 2010
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Shrnutí:We describe a 32-year-old Bangladeshi male presenting with severe malaria caused by a mono-infection with Plasmodium malariae. Rosetting of infected and uninfected erythrocytes, a putative virulence factor in falciparum malaria, was observed in the blood slide. Severe disease caused by P. malariae is extremely rare. The patient made a rapid recovery with intravenous quinine treatment.