Journal
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Volume 104, Issue 1, Pages 78-80Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.06.014
Keywords
Malaria; severe; Plasmodium malariae; Rosetting; Bangladesh; PCR
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- Wellcome Trust of Great Britain
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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. (c) 2009 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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