Timika Malaria Research Facility, Papuan Health and Community Development Foundation, Timika, Papua, Indonesia.
Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Kabupaten Mimika, Timika, Papua, Indonesia.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Jun 20;109(2):284-287. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0147. Print 2023 Aug 2.
Severe malaria after splenectomy has been reported with infections with Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium knowlesi, and Plasmodium malariae, but is less well-characterized with Plasmodium vivax. We describe a case of severe P. vivax malaria with hypotension, prostration, and acute kidney injury occurring 2 months after splenectomy in Papua, Indonesia. The patient was treated successfully with intravenous artesunate.
脾切除术后严重疟疾曾有恶性疟原虫、诺氏疟原虫和间日疟原虫感染的报道,但关于脾切除术后引起严重卵形疟感染的病例报道较少。我们在印度尼西亚巴布亚报告了一例脾切除术后 2 个月发生低血压、乏力和急性肾损伤的严重卵形疟病例,该患者使用静脉注射青蒿琥酯成功治疗。