Severe falciparum malaria: A case report

1st International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ICTROMI) Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sumatera Utara

Arcelia, F.^1 ; Asymida, F.^1 ; Lubis, N.F.M.^1 ; Pasaribu, A.P.^1,2

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, H. Adam Malik Hospital, Medan, Indonesia^1

Clinical Research Unit, Universitas Sumatera Utara Hospital, Medan, Indonesia^2

关键词: Artesunate;    Black water;    Case reports;    Dihydroartemisinin;    Falciparum malaria;    Indonesia;    Plasmodium parasites;    Southeast Asia;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012021/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012021

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Plasmodium parasites caused Malaria. Indonesia is one of the countries in Southeast Asia that endemic to malaria. The burden of malaria is more in the eastern part of Indonesia than the Western part as well as the endemicity. Some cases of malaria will develop to severe form. Usually, the manifestation of children and adult are different. We reported a severe case of malaria in a 14-year-old boy who develops several manifestations such as anemia, hypoglycemia, sepsis and black water fever. We successfully treated the patient with Artesunate intravenous and continued with Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine.