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ArticleJournal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives2024

A Stitch in Time Saves Nine: Planning for Artesunate Supply with Malaria on the Rise.

Barath P Sivasubramanian, Viraj Panchal, Diviya B Ravikumar, Srikanth Puli, Aalok Khole, Gerard Kiernan, Vikramaditya S Venkata

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Article in Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives, 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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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Barath P SivasubramanianDepartment of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Centre, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6018-5647
Viraj PanchalDepartment of Medicine, Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College and SVPISMR, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1689-9714
Diviya B RavikumarDepartment of Internal Medicine, ESIC Medical College and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Science and Research, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9151-5960
Srikanth PuliCheshire Medical Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock, Keene, NH 03431, USA.
Aalok KholeDivision of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Cheshire Medical Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock, Keene, NH 03431, USA.
Gerard KiernanCheshire Medical Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock, Keene, NH 03431, USA.
Vikramaditya S VenkataHospital Medicine Division Cheshire Medical Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock, Keene, NH 03431, USA.
Cheshire Medical Center · USSmt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College · INThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Malaria is extremely rare in the United States. Physicians should not only be familiar with signs and symptoms, but also be aware of the available resources at their respective institutions to be able to effectively treat it. Presentation: 52-year-old female presented with worsening generalized fatigue. Vitals were stable. Labs were significant for anemia and thrombocytopenia. Peripheral smear showed ring formed parasitic trophozoites consistent with Plasmodium falciparum. Due to unavailability of antimalarial agents at our hospital, the patient was transferred to a tertiary care center. Patient was started on IV artesunate therapy. Repeat smear after 3 days showed <1% parasitemia after 3 days and the patient was discharged with artemether/lumefantrine for 3 additional days, resulting in full recovery. Conclusion: This case gives a unique insight into the challenges that hospitals in non-endemic regions may have to face, in terms of diagnosing malaria and having access to antimalarial agents.

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ArtesunateMalariaNon-endemic regionPlasmodium falciparum

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