Fatal Case of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in a Splenectomized Patient

Malaria is a major problem in tropical and sub-tropical countries, with high morbidity and mortality. Splenectomy makes patients more susceptible to serious bacterial and parasitic infections. We report for the first time in Iran a fatal case of Plasmodium vivax malaria, confirmed by microscopic and...

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Autores principales: Mahmoudvand, H, Farivar, L, Sharifi, I, Harandi, M Fasihi, Moazed, V, Jahanbakhsh, S, Babaei, Z, Zia-Ali, N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3469179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23109969
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author Mahmoudvand, H
Farivar, L
Sharifi, I
Harandi, M Fasihi
Moazed, V
Jahanbakhsh, S
Babaei, Z
Zia-Ali, N
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Farivar, L
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description Malaria is a major problem in tropical and sub-tropical countries, with high morbidity and mortality. Splenectomy makes patients more susceptible to serious bacterial and parasitic infections. We report for the first time in Iran a fatal case of Plasmodium vivax malaria, confirmed by microscopic and molecular (Semi-nested multiplex PCR) tests in a patient who had undergone splenectomy due to hemolytic anemia.
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spelling pubmed-34691792012-10-29 Fatal Case of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in a Splenectomized Patient Mahmoudvand, H Farivar, L Sharifi, I Harandi, M Fasihi Moazed, V Jahanbakhsh, S Babaei, Z Zia-Ali, N Iran J Parasitol Case Report Malaria is a major problem in tropical and sub-tropical countries, with high morbidity and mortality. Splenectomy makes patients more susceptible to serious bacterial and parasitic infections. We report for the first time in Iran a fatal case of Plasmodium vivax malaria, confirmed by microscopic and molecular (Semi-nested multiplex PCR) tests in a patient who had undergone splenectomy due to hemolytic anemia. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3469179/ /pubmed/23109969 Text en © 2012 Iranian Society of Parasitology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Fatal Case of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in a Splenectomized Patient
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