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The course of pregnancy and delivery in a patient with malaria
Affiliations- Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute in Łódź, Rzgowska 281/289, 93-338 Lodz, Poland
- The State University of Applied Sciences in Płock, Dąbrowskiego 2, 09-400 Plock, Poland
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Abstract
Malaria is one of the most common lethal parasitic diseases. Infection is transmitted when an infected female mosquito bites a human introducing the sporozoites into human blood. The article presents the course of pregnancy and delivery in a patient complicated by Plasmodium infection. The patient had repetitive several trips to Tanzania over a short time period before she developed the condition. She had been taking antimalarial medication (proguanil-atovaquone) in a prophylactic dose during and after her first travel to Tanzania. Following her first return to Poland she experienced infection-related symptoms.
Abstract
Malaria is one of the most common lethal parasitic diseases. Infection is transmitted when an infected female mosquito bites a human introducing the sporozoites into human blood. The article presents the course of pregnancy and delivery in a patient complicated by Plasmodium infection. The patient had repetitive several trips to Tanzania over a short time period before she developed the condition. She had been taking antimalarial medication (proguanil-atovaquone) in a prophylactic dose during and after her first travel to Tanzania. Following her first return to Poland she experienced infection-related symptoms.
Keywords
pregnancy, malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, treatment, diagnosis
About this articleTitle
The course of pregnancy and delivery in a patient with malaria
Journal
Issue
Article type
Clinical vignette
Pages
574-575
Published online
2017-10-31
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1008
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1117
DOI
10.5603/GP.a2017.0103
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Bibliographic record
Ginekol Pol 2017;88(10):574-575.
Keywords
pregnancy
malaria
Plasmodium falciparum
treatment
diagnosis
Authors
Michał Krekora
Katarzyna Zych-Krekora
Maciej Słodki
Mariusz Grzesiak
Maria Respondek-Liberska
