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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to vivax malaria: case report and literature review
Autores: | Lomar,André V.; Vidal,José E.; Lomar,Frederico P.; Barbas,Carmen Valente; Matos,Gustavo Janot de; Boulos,Marcos.
Data: | 2005-10-01
Ano: | 2005
Palavras-chave: | Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Acute respiratory failure; Brazil.
Resumo: | Severe pulmonary involvement in malaria has been frequently reported in cases of Plasmodium falciparum infection, but rarely in vivax malaria. Among the 11 previous cases of vivax-related severe respiratory involvement described in the literature, all except one developed it after the beginning of anti-malarial treatment; these appear to correspond to an exacerbation of the inflammatory response. We report the case of a 43-year-old Brazilian woman living in a malaria-endemic area, who presented acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by P. vivax before starting anti-malarial treatment. The diagnosis was made based on microscopic methods. A negative rapid immunochromatographic assay, based on the detection of Histidine Rich Protein-2 (HRP-2) of P. falciparum, indicated that falciparum malaria was unlikely. After specific anti-plasmodial therapy and intensive supportive care, the patient was discharged from the hospital. We conclude that vivax malaria-associated ARDS can develop before anti-malarial therapy.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000500011
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702005000500011
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.9 n.5 2005
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess