Clinical and laboratory findings of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Colombia, 2001.
A descriptive study was carried out in 104 patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria, from the region of Turbo (Antioquia, Colombia). Clinical features and levels of hemoglobin, glycemia, serum bilirubin, alanine-aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate-aminotransferase (AST), creatinine and complete blood cell profile were established. 65% of the studied individuals were men and their mean age was 23. Of all individuals 59% had lived in the region for > 1 year and 91% were resident in the rural area. 42% were farmers and 35% had a history of malaria. The mean parasitaemia was 5865 parasites/mm3. The evolution of the disease was short (average of 4.0 days). Fever, headache and chills were observed simultaneously in 91% of the cases while the most frequent signs were palmar pallor (46%), jaundice (15%), hepatomegaly (17%), and spleen enlargement (12%). Anemia was found in 39% of the women and in 51% of the men, 8% of individuals had thrombocytopaenia and 41% had hypoglycemia.
Grupo Malaria, Universidad de Antioquia, Carrera 51D #62-29, Medellín, Colombia.
Marcela
M
Echeverri
Alberto
A
Tobón
Gonzalo
G
Alvarez
Jaime
J
Carmona
Silvia
S
Blair
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003105:Colombia; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution
D003404:Creatinine; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D001663:Bilirubin