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Jul 30, 2012;5 154.

Severe Plasmodium vivax malaria among sudanese children at New Halfa Hospital, Eastern Sudan.

Hyder Mahgoub, Gasim I Gasim, Imad R Musa, Ishag Adam
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PMID: 22846165 DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-154

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There are few published reports on severe Plasmodium vivax malaria in Africa.
METHODS: Clinical pattern/manifestations of severe P. vivax were described in children admitted at New Halfa Hospital in Sudan between September 2009-December 2011.
RESULTS: Eighteen children were admitted at the hospital during the study period with different manifestations of severe P. vivax malaria namely: severe anaemia (6, 33.3%), jaundice (5, 27.8%), thrombocytopenia (4, 22.2%), hypotension (3, 16.7%), cerebral malaria (2, 11.1%), epistaxis (2, 11.1%), renal impairment (1, 5.5%), hypogylcaemia and more than one manifestation (5, 27.8%).
CONCLUSION: Severe P. vivax malaria is an existing entity in eastern Sudan. Further studies are required to understand emergence of severe P. vivax malaria.

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MeSH Term

Antimalarials
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Malaria, Vivax
Male
Parasitemia
Plasmodium vivax
Severity of Illness Index
Sudan

Chemicals

Antimalarials
Journal Article
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