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
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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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author 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
author_facet 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
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description 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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spelling pubmed-102041512023-05-24 Malaria and COVID-19 coinfection in a non-malaria-endemic area in Brazil 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 Rev Soc Bras Med Trop Case Report 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. Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2023-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10204151/ /pubmed/37222351 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0598-2022 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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Gomes, Erika de Oliveira
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Ferreira, Gilcivaldo de Jesus
Vasconcelos, Beatriz
Gouveia, Marcela de Sá
Santos, Thais Souza
Reis, Mitermayer G
Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães
Malaria and COVID-19 coinfection in a non-malaria-endemic area in Brazil
title Malaria and COVID-19 coinfection in a non-malaria-endemic area in Brazil
title_full Malaria and COVID-19 coinfection in a non-malaria-endemic area in Brazil
title_fullStr Malaria and COVID-19 coinfection in a non-malaria-endemic area in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Malaria and COVID-19 coinfection in a non-malaria-endemic area in Brazil
title_short Malaria and COVID-19 coinfection in a non-malaria-endemic area in Brazil
title_sort malaria and covid-19 coinfection in a non-malaria-endemic area in brazil
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url 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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