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A Pediatric Case of Malaria Caused by Plasmodium vivax

Plasmodium vivax’ın Etken Olduğu Pediatrik Sıtma Olgusu

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Despite malaria having been all but wiped out in our country following an eradication program, malaria should always be considered in differential diagnoses of foreign patients who admit to medical centers with a fever.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Malaria, caused by the plasmodium species, is a serious disease that is associated with high levels of morbidity and mortality, and is character-ized by fever.
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Key Findings & Data:Here, we present the case of a 10 year-old Syrian-born girl who was admitted to a medical center with fever attacks accompanied by chills, and who was referred to our hospital upon the detection of pancytopenia in an examination and the continuation of complaints in the proposed follow-up.
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Conclusion & Impact:Despite malaria having been all but wiped out in our country following an eradication program, malaria should always be considered in differential diagnoses of foreign patients who admit to medical centers with a fever.
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Malaria, caused by the plasmodium species, is a serious disease that is associated with high levels of morbidity and mortality, and is character-ized by fever. Here, we present the case of a 10 year-old Syrian-born girl who was admitted to a medical center with fever attacks accompanied by chills, and who was referred to our hospital upon the detection of pancytopenia in an examination and the continuation of complaints in the proposed follow-up. Splenomegaly was detected during a physical examination, and pancytopenia in the laboratory test results. The pa-tient was diagnosed with malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax according to a peripheral and thick blood smear. Despite malaria having been all but wiped out in our country following an eradication program, malaria should always be considered in differential diagnoses of foreign patients who admit to medical centers with a fever.

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Sıtma, Plasmodium türlerinin etken olduğu morbidite ve mortaliteye sebep olan ateş ile seyreden ciddi bir hastalıktır. Burada iki haftadır ara-lıklarla titremenin eşlik ettiği ateş atakları olan bu sebeple dış merkeze başvuran, tetkiklerinde pansitopeni saptanan ve ayaktan izlem önerilen, şikayetlerinin devam etmesi üzerine hastanemize başvuran 10 yaşındaki Suriye doğumlu kız hasta sunulmuştur. Fizik muayenesinde splenome-gali saptanan ve laboratuvar incelemelerinde pansitopeni tespit edilen hastaya yapılan periferik yayma ve kalın damla sonucu Plasmodium vivax’ın neden olduğu sıtma tanısı konulmuştur. Ülkemizde yerli sıtma olgusu eradikasyon çalışmaları neticesinde görülmüyor olsa da yurtdışı kaynaklı olgular sebebiyle ateşle başvuran hastada ayırıcı tanıda sıtma-nın da düşünülmesi gerektiğini vurgulamayı amaçladık.

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KANIK, M. K., ŞAHİN, A., DALGIÇ, N., YILDIRMAK, Z. Y., BAYRAKTAR, B., BİLGİN, N. (2018). A Pediatric Case of Malaria Caused by Plasmodium vivax. Çocuk Enfeksiyon Dergisi, Cilt: 12 - Sayı: 1, 33–36. https://ajindex.com/articles/157688

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