title: Plasmodium vivax malaria.
abstract: We report 11 cases of severe Plasmodium vivax malaria in Bikaner (western India). Patients exhibited cerebral malaria, renal failure, circulatory collapse, severe anemia, hemoglobinurea, abnormal bleeding, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and jaundice. Peripheral blood microscopy, parasite antigen-based assays, and parasite 18s rRNA gene-based polymerase chain reaction showed the presence of P. vivax and absence of P. falciparum.
authors.affiliation: Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner 334 003, Rajasthan, India. drdkkochar@indiatimes.com
authors.forename: Dhanpat K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kochar
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Narvachan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sanjay K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kochar
authors.forename: S Vijay
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Ashis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018512:Parasitemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S