title: [A case of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a nurse].
abstract: A case of plasmodium falciparum malaria in a 21-year old nurse, who never left Poland, was described. Malaria was confirmed by parasitological examination of peripheral blood smears in which 20% of erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum were found. The course of the disease was very severe but the patient survived. The only possibility of infection must have been through skin lesion on the nurse's hand during obtaining blood from the patient infected with Plasmodium falciparum.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Chorób Pasozytniczych i Tropikalnych Instytutu Mikrobiologii i Chorób Zakaźnych AM w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kociecka
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Skoryna
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jackowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D009726:Nurses; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D011044:Poland; D013594:Syringes
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials
vernacular_title: Przypadek zimnicy Plasmodium falciparum u pielegniarki.