A case of Plasmodium vivax malaria occurring during a school excursion to Pocheon-gun.
- Author:
Byung Ok KWAK
1
;
Sochung CHUNG
;
Kyo Sun KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Fever; Thrombocytopenia; School excursion
- MeSH: Anemia; Child; Chills; Communicable Diseases; Fatigue; Fever; Humans; Hydroxychloroquine; Malaria; Malaria, Vivax; Plasmodium; Plasmodium vivax; Primaquine; Splenomegaly; Thrombocytopenia
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatrics 2010;53(1):85-88
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Malaria caused by Plasmodium species is characterized by paroxysms of fever, chills, fatigue, anemia, and splenomegaly. Vivax malaria has lately re-emerged as an infectious disease and has exhibited high transmission rate in northern Gyeonggi-do province. We encountered a case of malaria in a child presenting with fever and thrombocytopenia who had recently made a school excursion to Pocheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do. The child was diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax malaria and treated with hydroxychloroquine and primaquine. Here, we present this case with a brief review of the literature.
