Balamurugesan Kandan, Davis Prem, Ponprabha Rajangam, Sarasveni Malaimala
Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Health Centre, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Jul;8(7):2545-2547. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_413_19.
Malaria an endemic disease of India caused by plasmodium species. Chloroquine, a member of quinolone group of drugs is used to treat malaria. Although it has a very safety profile as it is used during pregnancy, many adverse effects have also been reported. Here we report a case of 30-year-old male admitted with fever diagnosed to be having malaria, who developed urticaria immediately after being treated with first dose of chloroquine which was treated successfully. This is the first case reported ever in an adult having chloroquine induced urticaria.
疟疾是由疟原虫引起的印度地方病。氯喹是喹诺酮类药物的一种,用于治疗疟疾。尽管它在孕期使用时安全性很高,但也有许多不良反应的报道。在此,我们报告一例30岁男性因发热入院,诊断为疟疾,在接受首剂氯喹治疗后立即出现荨麻疹,经治疗成功。这是首例报道的成人氯喹诱发荨麻疹病例。