[Pregnancy associated Plasmodium falciparum malaria discovered fortuitously: report of two cases].
We report two cases of pregnancy-associated Plasmodium falciparum malaria discovered fortuitously. These two women were born in Africa and their last visit in an endemic area was more than one year before. It is well known that pregnancy is one of major risks of late onset of P. falciparum malaria. In the two cases reported in this study, clinical signs of malaria were not specific and we will describe the interest to detect more systematically pregnant African women, first arrival immigrants.
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Laboratoire de microbiologie, CHU Jean-Verdier, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, avenue du 14-Juillet, 93143 Bondy cedex, France. isabelle.poilane@jvr.aphp.fr
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D000328:Adult; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000962:Antimalarials