Malaria and COVID-19 coinfection in a non-malaria-endemic area in Brazil

Differential diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from other febrile diseases is one of several challenges imposed by the pandemic. We present a case of severe malaria and COVID-19 coinfection in a non-malaria-endemic region. A 44-year-old female with malaise, fever, hypotension, jaundic...

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Autores principales: Rocha, Verônica Diniz, Brasil, Larissa W, Gomes, Erika de Oliveira, Khouri, Ricardo, Ferreira, Gilcivaldo de Jesus, Vasconcelos, Beatriz, Gouveia, Marcela de Sá, Santos, Thais Souza, Reis, Mitermayer G, Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10204151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37222351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0598-2022
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Sumario:Differential diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from other febrile diseases is one of several challenges imposed by the pandemic. We present a case of severe malaria and COVID-19 coinfection in a non-malaria-endemic region. A 44-year-old female with malaise, fever, hypotension, jaundice, and enlarged liver and spleen was admitted to the intensive care unit. Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR results for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 were positive. Rapid tests, microscopy, and quantitative PCR were positive for Plasmodium vivax. Cytokine storm profiles were identified. We could not determine whether the severe vivax malaria in our patient was triggered by COVID-19 coinfection.

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