title: Complication of corticosteroid treatment by acute Plasmodium malariae infection confirmed by small-subunit rRNA sequencing.
abstract: We report a case of acute Plasmodium malariae infection complicating corticosteroid treatment for membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in a patient from an area where P. malariae infection is not endemic. A peripheral blood smear showed typical band-form trophozoites compatible with P. malariae or Plasmodium knowlesi. SSU rRNA sequencing confirmed the identity to be P. malariae.
authors.affiliation: Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Kelvin K W
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: To
authors.forename: Jade L L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Samson S Y
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Antonio H Y
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Ngan
authors.forename: Kwok-Yung
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: Patrick C Y
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000368:Aged; D001769:Blood / Q000469:parasitology; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010965:Plasmodium malariae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S