Myocarditis associated with Plasmodium vivax malaria: a case report
Autor: | 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 |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 47, Iss 6, Pp 810-813 (2014) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1678-9849 0037-8682 |
DOI: | 10.1590/0037-8682-0126-2014 |
Popis: | 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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