Plasmodium ovale: a case of not-so-benign tertian malaria

Malaria Journal

Case Report

John Frean¹  Farzana Ismail²  Kathy-Anne Strydom² 

[1] Centre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa;Wits Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;National Health Laboratory Services, Tshwane Academic Division, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa;

关键词: Plasmodium ovale;    Severe;    Malaria;    Infection;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1475-2875-13-85

 received in 2013-12-12, accepted in 2014-03-02,  发布年份 2014

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Severe malaria is most commonly associated with Plasmodium falciparum. Plasmodium vivax is increasingly recognized as being capable of causing severe disease. In contrast, Plasmodium ovale is considered as a cause of benign disease and evidence supporting the occurrence of severe or complicated ovale infection is rare. This report describes a case of severe P. ovale infection in a patient presenting with jaundice, respiratory distress, severe thrombocytopenia, petechiae, and hypotension. He had no apparent underlying risk factors for severe disease.

【 授权许可】

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© Strydom et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014