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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 79(3), 2008, pp. 391-393
Copyright © 2008 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a Case of Plasmodium ovale Malaria

Gerardo Rojo-Marcos*, Juan Cuadros-González, José María Mesa-Latorre, Ana María Culebras-López, AND Raúl de Pablo-Sánchez
Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, and Department of Intensive Care, University Hospital "Príncipe de Asturias", Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

 

ABSTRACT

Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a well-known complication in Plasmodium falciparum infection. It is less frequently described in Plasmodium vivax, and only one case is reported in Plasmodium ovale. Here we present the second description of this pulmonary complication in a P. ovale acute infection.

Received March 13, 2008. Accepted for publication June 4, 2008.

Disclosure: The authors state that they have no conflict of interest.

* Address correspondence to Gerardo Rojo-Marcos, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital "Príncipe de Asturias," Ctra. Alcalá-Meco s/n. Alcalá de Henares, 28805 Madrid, Spain. E-mail: grojo.hupa{at}salud.madrid.org

Authors’ addresses: Gerardo Rojo-Marcos, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital "Príncipe de Asturias," Ctra. Alcalá-Meco s/n. Alcalá de Henares, 28805 Madrid, Spain, Tel: 34-918878100 ext. 2635, Fax: 34-918801825, E-mail: grojo.hupa{at}salud.madrid.org. Juan Cuadros-González, Department of Mycrobiology and Parasitology, University Hospital "Príncipe de Asturias," Ctra. Alcalá-Meco s/n. Alcalá de Henares, 28805 Madrid, Spain, Tel: 34-918878100 ext. 2073, Fax: 34-918801825. José María Mesa-Latorre, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital "Príncipe de Asturias," Ctra. Alcalá-Meco s/n. Alcalá de Henares, 28805 Madrid, Spain, Tel: 34-918878100 ext. 2656, Fax: 34-918801825. Ana María Culebras-López, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital "Príncipe de Asturias," Ctra. Alcalá-Meco s/n. Alcalá de Henares, 28805 Madrid, Spain, Tel: 34-918878100 ext. 2602, Fax: 34-918801825. Raúl de Pablo-Sánchez, Department of Intensive Care, University Hospital "Príncipe de Asturias," Ctra. Alcalá-Meco s/n. Alcalá de Henares, 28805 Madrid, Spain, Tel: 34-918878100 ext. 2205, Fax: 34-918801825.






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