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| Lomar,André V.; Vidal,José E.; Lomar,Frederico P.; Barbas,Carmen Valente; Matos,Gustavo Janot de; Boulos,Marcos. |
| 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.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Acute respiratory failure; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000500011 |
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