Myocarditis associated with Plasmodium vivax malaria: a case report

• 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

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.