Plasmodium vivax cerebral malaria complicated with venous sinus thrombosis in Colombia.

Complicated malaria is usually due to Plasmodium falciparum. Nevertheless, Plasmodium vivax is infrequently related with life-threatening complications. Few cases have been reported of severe Plasmodium vivax infection, and most of them from Southeast Asia and India. We report the first case of cere...

Full description

Autores:
Pinzón, Miguel A
Bonilla Abadía, Fabio
Shinchi, Masaru
Rosso Suárez, Fernando
Pineda, Juan C
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2013
Institución:
Universidad ICESI
Repositorio:
Repositorio ICESI
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/78480
Acceso en línea:
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876743770&partnerID=tZOtx3y1
http://hdl.handle.net/10906/78480
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1995-7645(13)60050-4
Palabra clave:
Rights
openAccess
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Description
Summary:Complicated malaria is usually due to Plasmodium falciparum. Nevertheless, Plasmodium vivax is infrequently related with life-threatening complications. Few cases have been reported of severe Plasmodium vivax infection, and most of them from Southeast Asia and India. We report the first case of cerebral malaria due to Plasmodium vivax in Latin America, complicated with sagittal sinus thrombosis and confirmed by a molecular method.