Neghina Raul, Neghina Adriana-Maria, Giurgiu Laura Diana, Marincu Iosif, Iacobiciu Ioan
Department of Parasitology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2nd Eftimie Murgu Square 300041, Timisoara, Romania.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2008 Jul;6(4):215-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2007.12.001. Epub 2008 Jan 15.
Malaria is not a serious concern in Romania nowadays although 30-60 imported cases are diagnosed yearly, especially in travellers from Africa. Timis, the most extensive of the Romanian counties, is the western gate of the country from where a lot of people travel abroad. The aim of this study is to overview all the imported cases of malaria diagnosed in our county and to describe two recent severe cases.
We retrospectively analyzed both the medical records of 28 malaria patients treated between 1974 and 2007 at Victor Babes Hospital of Infectious Disease from Timisoara, Romania, and the results of 6 blood examinations performed in the last decade in the parasitological laboratory of Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy from Timisoara. A comparison between the two recent severe cases was made, emphasizing on the clinical aspects, complications and the laboratory test results.
Most of the patients (55.38%) were in the age group of 20-29 years; 85.71% of the patients were males; Plasmodium falciparum was found in 75% of the cases.
Findings of our study have shown that P. falciparum is the main malaria species in Timis County, outlining the difficulties in the diagnosis and management of the imported cases.
如今疟疾在罗马尼亚并非严重问题,尽管每年诊断出30 - 60例输入性病例,尤其是来自非洲的旅行者。蒂米什是罗马尼亚面积最大的县,是该国的西门,许多人从这里出国旅行。本研究的目的是概述在我县诊断出的所有疟疾输入性病例,并描述两例近期的重症病例。
我们回顾性分析了1974年至2007年期间在罗马尼亚蒂米什瓦拉的维克托·巴比什传染病医院接受治疗的28例疟疾患者的病历,以及过去十年在蒂米什瓦拉维克托·巴比什医科药科大学寄生虫学实验室进行的6次血液检查结果。对两例近期的重症病例进行了比较,重点关注临床方面、并发症和实验室检查结果。
大多数患者(55.38%)年龄在20 - 29岁之间;85.71%的患者为男性;75%的病例中发现恶性疟原虫。
我们的研究结果表明,恶性疟原虫是蒂米什县的主要疟原虫种类,凸显了输入性病例诊断和管理中的困难。