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| A Case of Congenital Malaria due to Plasmodium vivax |
| Gil Soon Choe, M.D., Ki Joong Kim, M.D., Sung Hee Oh, M.D.Woong Soo Lee, M.D.* and Hahng Lee, M.D. |
| Department of Pediatrics and Department of Clinical Pathology*,College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea |
Vol.33 Num.3 (p223~226)
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Malaria has been reemerged in Korea since 1993 and the number of the patients has been increasing to reach over 4,000 cases in 2000. We, herein, report a case of congenital malaria. A 36-day-old boy, who presented with cough and rhinorrhea lasting for several days and looked pale, was referred to us for evaluation. The laboratory examination revealed hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, hepatosplenomegaly and blood smears showed schi-zonts of Plasmodium vivax. The mother of the patient was found to have been treated for malaria due to Plasmodium vivax at eighth month of gestation. The health condition of the patient has gradually been improving on hydroxychloroquine. This may be the first reported case of domestic congenital malaria in Korea. |
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