Case Report: Severe Plasmodium vivax Malaria after Splenectomy.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 109(2): 284-287, 2023 08 02.
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Severe malaria after splenectomy has been reported with infections with Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium knowlesi, and Plasmodium malariae, but is less well-characterized with Plasmodium vivax. We describe a case of severe P. vivax malaria with hypotension, prostration, and acute kidney injury occurring 2 months after splenectomy in Papua, Indonesia. The patient was treated successfully with intravenous artesunate.
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Malaria Vivax
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Malaria
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Diagnostic_studies
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Humans
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2023
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