IMPORTED MALARIA PATIENT COMPLICATED WITH SPLENIC RUPTURE AND BLEEDY NECESSITIES SPLENECTOMY | ||||
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
Volume 52, Issue 3, December 2022, Page 543-548 PDF (931.98 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2022.278384 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
MOHAMED ABDEL SALAM ELGOHAY1; EISSA ABDEL HAMED IBRAHIM2 | ||||
1Consultant Tropical Medicine and Fever, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, 11291, Egypt | ||||
2Consultant General Surgery, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, 11291, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Generally speaking, Malaria is a serious parasitic infection that affects both residents and travelers in tropical climates. Almost all severe forms of malaria are caused by P. falciparum, but serious complications such as severe anemia, respiratory distress, splenic complications, shock, and multiple organ dysfunctions. This paper documented a case of UN Peace keeping Forces back to Egypt with malaria complicated with splenic infarction. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Egypt; Imported malaria; Treatment; Splenectomy | ||||
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