Myocarditis associated with Plasmodium vivax malaria: a case report

Malaria remains a major public health problem in Brazil where Plasmodium vivax is the predominant species, responsible for 82% of registered cases in 2013. Though benign, P. vivax infection may sometimes evolve with complications and a fatal outcome. Here, we report a severe case of P. vivax malaria...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Ana Maria Revoredo da Silva Ventura, Tânia do Socorro Souza Chaves, Julius Caesar Mendes Monteiro, Carina Guilhon Sequeira, Maria Deise de Oliveira Ohnishi, Rosana Maria Feio Libonati, Rita Catarina Medeiros Sousa, Jose Maria de Souza
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Spanish
Portuguese
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2014
Subjects:
Malaria
Reversible myocarditis
Severe Plasmodium vivax malaria
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0126-2014
https://doaj.org/article/329d07ede3ac4681929ed77a52be3dbc
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Summary:Malaria remains a major public health problem in Brazil where Plasmodium vivax is the predominant species, responsible for 82% of registered cases in 2013. Though benign, P. vivax infection may sometimes evolve with complications and a fatal outcome. Here, we report a severe case of P. vivax malaria in a 35-year-old Brazilian man from a malaria endemic area, who presented with reversible myocarditis.

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