Diagnostic and Therapeutic Pitfalls Associated with Primaquine-Tolerant Plasmodium vivax
- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 43 (2), 978-981
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.43.2.978-981.2005
Abstract
We describe a U.S. Army Ranger returning from duty in Afghanistan and Iraq with life-threatening infection due to Plasmodium vivax . Morphological variants were observed in blood films prepared using samples collected by venipuncture. The patient's multiple relapses indicate infection with primaquine-tolerant P. vivax . Strategies for relapse prevention using primaquine are reviewed.Keywords
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