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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Treatment for Severe Malaria: Post-Artesunate Delayed Haemolysis and Neutropenia.

Mariangela Martino, Cecilia Liberati, Benedetta Bua, Elisa Barbieri, Paola Costenaro, Costanza Di Chiara, Carlo Giaquinto, Ettore De Canale, Osvalda Rampon, Daniele Donà

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Post-Artesunate Delayed Hemolysis: A Review of Current Evidence.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Mariangela MartinoDivision of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Cecilia LiberatiDivision of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Benedetta BuaDivision of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Elisa BarbieriDivision of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0850-8784
Paola CostenaroDivision of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1948-2631
Costanza Di ChiaraDivision of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3586-0612
Carlo GiaquintoDivision of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Ettore De CanaleMicrobiology and Virology Unit, Department of Integrated Diagnostic Service, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Osvalda RamponDivision of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Daniele DonàDivision of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.
University of Padua · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parenteral artesunate (AS) is the WHO first-line treatment recommended in adults and children for severe malaria. Post-artesunate delayed haemolysis (PADH) is an uncommon adverse reaction to AS with a mechanism that is not fully understood, occurring in adults and children. Neutropenia is another possible finding after AS treatment, albeit rare. We present the case of a child who experienced both effects after treatment with AS for imported severe Falciparum malaria with very high parasitaemia. In addition, thirty-five paediatric cases of PADH, five cases of delayed anaemia without known haemolysis, and fourteen cases of neutropenia after artesunate treatment were identified from the literature review. PADH seems to be a dose-independent reaction and is not strongly related to hyperparasitaemia, although it is more frequent in this case. To date, the benefits of AS outweigh its potential side effects. However, haematological follow-up is mandatory to avoid possible complications from anaemia and neutropenia, especially in children treated with other contemporary drugs.

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artesunateneutropeniapost-artesunate delayed haemolysis

Identifiers

PMID35326891
PMCPMC8949445
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