A close contact of coronavirus disease 2019 with severe imported malaria: a case report.
10.16250/j.32.1374.2022271
- Author:
S OUYANG
1
;
Y ZHAI
1
;
R FENG
1
;
Y XIONG
1
;
L YU
1
;
C LIU
1
Author Information
1. The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510700, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Coronavirus disease 2019;
Imported case;
Severe malaria
- MeSH:
Humans;
COVID-19;
Malaria/drug therapy*;
Antimalarials/therapeutic use*;
Africa;
Travel
- From:
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
2023;35(4):421-423
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
This article presents a severe cerebral malaria patient in shock with a close contact of COVID-19 that was successfully cured in a negative pressure ward during the global pandemic of COVID-19. The patient experienced a sudden onset of high fever and coma in a designated isolation hotel after returning from Africa, and was transferred to a designated hospital. Following antimalarial therapy, blood pressure elevation, increase of blood volume, bedside hemodialysis, mechanical ventilation, plasma and platelet transfusions, the case gradual recovered.
