Cryptic severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a Moroccan man living in Tuscany, Italy, August 2018.

Autor: Zammarchi L; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.; Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy., Di Lauria N; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy., Bartalesi F; Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy., Suardi LR; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy., Corti G; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.; Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy., Mencarini J; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy., Boccolini D; Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy., Severini C; Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy., Gradoni L; Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy., Buonamici C; Public Health Department, USL Toscana Centro, Italy., Garofalo G; Public Health Department, USL Toscana Centro, Italy., Bartolesi AM; Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy., Ciccone N; Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy., Berni A; Internal Medicine Unit 3, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy., Poggesi L; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.; Internal Medicine Unit 3, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy., Niccolini F; Health Direction, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy., Rossolini GM; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.; Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy., Romi R; Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy., Bartoloni A; Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.; Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2018 Oct; Vol. 23 (41).
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.41.1800527
Abstrakt: In August 2018 a Moroccan man living in Tuscany developed Plasmodium falciparum malaria. The patient declared having not recently visited any endemic country, leading to diagnostic delay and severe malaria. As susceptibility to P. falciparum of Anopheles species in Tuscany is very low, and other risk factors for acquiring malaria could not be completely excluded, the case remains cryptic, similar to other P. falciparum malaria cases previously reported in African individuals living in Apulia in 2017.
Databáze: MEDLINE