title: [HDL cholesterol as a sensitive diagnostic parameter in malaria].
abstract: In patients with malaria the lipid parameters triglycerides, cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol were determined routinely. At the time of admission hypertriglyceridemia, hypocholesterolemia, and an extreme decrease in HDL-cholesterol were found. This dyslipoproteinemia was present in cases of falciparum malaria, as well as in cases of benign tertian malaria. The extent of HDL-cholesterol decrease showed no correlation to the severity of the clinical course of disease. HDL-cholesterol has proven to be an independent diagnostic laboratory finding in cases of suspected malarial infection. This parameter displays high diagnostic sensitivity, but no specificity for malaria.
authors.affiliation: Zentrallabor, Franz-Josef-Spitals, Wien.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Kittl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Diridl
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lenhart
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neuwald
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomasits
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pichler
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001054:Apolipoproteins A / Q000378:metabolism; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D002097:C-Reactive Protein
vernacular_title: HDL-Cholesterin als sensitiver Diagnoseparameter bei Malaria.