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Imported congenital malaria caused by Plasmodium ovale: A case report

Published:2024-01 Issue: Volume:11 Page:
ISSN:2049-9361
Container-title:Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
language:en
Short-container-title:Therapeutic Advances in Infection

Author:

Erdman Laura K.¹^ORCID,Boggild Andrea K.²³^ORCID,Bitnun Ari⁴

Affiliation:

1. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, McMaster Children’s Hospital, 1200 Main St West, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada

2. Tropical Disease Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

3. Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

4. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

Abstract

We describe a 5-week-old term infant with Plasmodium ovale severe congenital malaria in a non-endemic setting. She presented with diarrhea, poor feeding, lethargy, hepatosplenomegaly, and severe anemia. She was fortuitously diagnosed with malaria on routine blood smear, and successfully treated with intravenous artesunate. Subsequent history revealed maternal malaria diagnosis and treatment during pregnancy in Nigeria. This case underscores the importance of obtaining maternal exposure history and considering malaria testing in pregnant women and infants with unexplained illness. It also contributes to the limited literature on congenital malaria and severe malaria caused by P. ovale.

Funder

Departments of Medicine at the University of Toronto and University Health Network

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/20499361241229263

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