A drug addict, treated because of a lung abscess, was found to have plasmodium vivax malaria and was treated accordingly. The second patient acquired falciparum malaria inspite of chloroquine prophylaxis and was admitted with a thrombocytopenia of 24 000 mm3. After chloroquine treatment the platelet count became normal. Thrombocytopenia is usually present in falciparum malaria. Complications and their treatment are discussed.
一名因肺脓肿接受治疗的吸毒者被发现感染间日疟原虫疟疾,并接受了相应治疗。第二名患者尽管服用了氯喹预防药物,但仍感染了恶性疟原虫疟疾,入院时血小板计数为每立方毫米24000个。经过氯喹治疗后,血小板计数恢复正常。血小板减少症通常存在于恶性疟原虫疟疾中。文中讨论了并发症及其治疗方法。