Congenital malaria: Importance of diagnosis and treatment in pregnancy
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Congenital malaria, in which infants are directly infected with malaria parasites from their mother prior to or during birth, is a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs at relatively low rates in malaria endemic regions. We report an unusual case of a 23-day-old girl with neonatal Plasmodium vivax malaria, suspected primarily on the basis of positive maternal history that her mother had malaria during her pregnancy and was cured with chloroquine therapy. Infant presented with fever, thrombocytopenia and a significant parasitemia. She responded to chloroquine antimalarial therapy and was discharged successfully 10 days after admission. We emphasize the importance of diagnosis and treatment in pregnancy and follow-up with these newborns after birth by neonatologists and pediatric specialists.
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- Authors
- Gülaşı, S., & Özdener, N.
- Affiliations
- Ministry of Health (TR)
- Corresponding author
- Gülaşı, Selvi
- ORCID
- Gülaşı, Selvi
- Venue
- The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
- Published
- 2016-04-25
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 195-199
- ISSN
- 0041-4301 (ISSN-L)
- 2791-6421
- OpenAlex
- W2611448726
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 0.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Malaria Research and Control
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Bird parasitology and diseases
- Keywords
- congenital malaria, neonatal malaria, Plasmodium vivax, malaria in pregnancy, maternal malaria, thrombocytopenia, parasitemia, neonatal follow-up
- MeSH terms
- Antimalarials, Chloroquine, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Pregnancy, Malaria, Vivax
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