Acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute renal failure from Plasmodium ovale infection with fatal outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plasmodium ovale is one of the causative agents of human malaria. Plasmodium ovale infection has long been thought to be non-fatal. Due to its lower morbidity, P. ovale receives little attention in malaria research.

Methods

Two Malaysians went to Nigeria for two weeks. After returning to Malaysia, they fell sick and were admitted to different hospitals. Plasmodium ovale parasites were identified from blood smears of these patients. The species identification was further confirmed with nested PCR. One of them was successfully treated with no incident of relapse within 12-month medical follow-up. The other patient came down with malaria-induced respiratory complication during the course of treatment. Although parasites were cleared off the circulation, the patient's

SUBMITTER: Lau YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4228392 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature