Department of Internal Medicine, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Jul;50(7):2523-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.06859-11. Epub 2012 May 9.
Plasmodium knowlesi infection with low parasitemia presents a diagnostic challenge, as rapid diagnostic tests are often negative and identification to the species level by microscopy is difficult. P. knowlesi malaria in a traveler is described, and real-time PCR is demonstrated to support fast and reliable diagnosis and identification to the species level.
低疟原虫血症的 knowlesi 疟原虫感染带来了诊断挑战,因为快速诊断检测通常为阴性,而通过显微镜鉴定到种属水平较为困难。本文描述了旅行者感染 knowlesi 疟原虫的情况,并展示了实时 PCR 可支持快速、可靠的诊断和种属水平鉴定。