Congenital Malaria with Atypical Presentation in a Preterm Neonate

Congenital malaria (CM) is a rare disease with only about 300 cases reported so far. In general, it presents with fever along with other common features such as jaundice, anemia and hepatosplenomegaly. We report a case of CM who presented atypically without fever along with other typical features.

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Autores principales: Kumar, Rakesh, Kumar, Kundan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3830150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24251259
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.120002
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description Congenital malaria (CM) is a rare disease with only about 300 cases reported so far. In general, it presents with fever along with other common features such as jaundice, anemia and hepatosplenomegaly. We report a case of CM who presented atypically without fever along with other typical features.
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spelling pubmed-38301502013-11-18 Congenital Malaria with Atypical Presentation in a Preterm Neonate Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Kundan J Clin Neonatol Case Report Congenital malaria (CM) is a rare disease with only about 300 cases reported so far. In general, it presents with fever along with other common features such as jaundice, anemia and hepatosplenomegaly. We report a case of CM who presented atypically without fever along with other typical features. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3830150/ /pubmed/24251259 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.120002 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Clinical Neonatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Congenital Malaria with Atypical Presentation in a Preterm Neonate
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3830150/
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