Plasmodium vivax malaria.
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.
Kochar
Dhanpat K
DK
Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner 334 003, Rajasthan, India. drdkkochar@indiatimes.com
Saxena
Vishal
V
Singh
Narvachan
N
Kochar
Sanjay K
SK
Kumar
S Vijay
SV
Das
Ashis
A
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
D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S