Acute respiratory distress syndrome in a case of Plasmodium ovale malaria

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Sep;79(3):391-3.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use
  • Chloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Malaria / complications*
  • Malaria / drug therapy
  • Malaria / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Plasmodium ovale / isolation & purification*
  • Primaquine / therapeutic use
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / etiology*

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Chloroquine
  • Primaquine