Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a Case of Plasmodium ovale Malaria
2008; American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Volume: 79; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.391
ISSN1476-1645
AutoresGerardo Rojo-Marcos, Juan Cuadros‐González, José María Mesa-Latorre, Ana María Culebras-López, Raúl de Pablo,
Tópico(s)Liver Disease and Transplantation
ResumoAcute 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.
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