title: Maps and missing malaria--if in doubt request a blood film.
abstract: The severe sequelae of infection from the conventionally termed ‘benign’ forms of malaria are being increasingly recognised, and delayed diagnosis and treatment lead to worse outcomes. The clinical picture can be non-specific and malaria epidemiology is constantly changing, presenting challenges for the acute clinician. The most critical step in the diagnosis of patients presenting in the U.K. is the clinician’s awareness of the disease and its key presenting features. We describe a case of Plasmodium vivax malaria in a young man who presented with fever and diarrhoea, who had never travelled to a recognised malaria-endemic area.
authors: The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospital, 235 Euston Road, London.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Adewole
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Logan
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Singer
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Kinson
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Moore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D014195:Travel