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ArticleCureus2024

Chronic Infection by Plasmodium falciparum.

José Pedro Manata, Marisa Brochado, Bernardo Silva, Jessenia Chinchila, João Matos Costa

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

José Pedro ManataInternal Medicine, Hospital Distrital de Santarém, Santarém, PRT.
Marisa BrochadoInternal Medicine, Hospital Distrital de Santarém, Santarém, PRT.
Bernardo SilvaInternal Medicine, Hospital Distrital de Santarém, Santarém, PRT.
Jessenia ChinchilaInternal Medicine, Hospital Distrital de Santarém, Santarém, PRT.
João Matos CostaInternal Medicine, Hospital Distrital de Santarém, Santarém, PRT.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria by Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) usually does not exceed one year, but chronic infection, although rare, is a possibility. We present the clinical case of a 37-year-old male who came to the emergency department with intermittent fever, chills, and malaise. He had malaria more than 1 year ago while working in Huíla province, Angola. On admission, Plasmodium testing by light microscopy and antigens was negative. Doxycycline was started empirically, but on the third day of hospitalization, he had a new fever spike. Plasmodium DNA and antibodies were tested, confirming P. falciparum. The therapy with artemether-lumefantrine, already after discharge, allowed the consolidation of the treatment and eradicator of the parasite. Detection of parasite DNA by PCR should not be routine, but it is a more sensitive method, which confirmed this chronic infection by P. falciparum after one year.

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chronic infectiondna testlatent plasmodium falciparummalariaportugal

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PMID38318275
PMCPMC10839545

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