Bhagat Manish, Kanhere Sujata, Phadke Varsha, George Riya
Department of Paediatrics, K. J. Somaiya Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2014 Oct-Dec;3(4):446-8. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.148146.
Malaria and dengue fever are endemic in the South-East Asian region including India. Both the illnesses share similar symptomatology, but differ in certain respects such as different- causative organisms and mosquito vector with diverse habitat. Hence, concurrent malaria and dengue fever in the same patient is said to be unusual. There have been cases of concurrent malaria and dengue, but they are scarce from highly endemic region like ours. Here, we describe three unusual cases of Plasmodium vivax and dengue co-infection diagnosed by use of rapid diagnostic tests. Early diagnosis and timely intervention is crucial in managing such patients.
疟疾和登革热在包括印度在内的东南亚地区流行。这两种疾病有相似的症状，但在某些方面有所不同，比如致病生物不同，传播媒介蚊子的栖息地也不同。因此，同一患者同时感染疟疾和登革热被认为是不寻常的。虽然有同时感染疟疾和登革热的病例，但在我们这样的高流行地区却很罕见。在此，我们描述三例通过快速诊断检测确诊的间日疟原虫和登革热合并感染的不寻常病例。早期诊断和及时干预对于治疗此类患者至关重要。
