Korean J Pediatr.  2010 Jan;53(1):85-88. 10.3345/kjp.2010.53.1.85.

A case of Plasmodium vivax malaria occurring during a school excursion to Pocheon-gun

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  • 1Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea. kimkyo@kuh.ac.kr

Abstract

Malaria caused by Plasmodium species is characterized by paroxysms of fever, chills, fatigue, anemia, and splenomegaly. Vivax malaria has lately re-emerged as an infectious disease and has exhibited high transmission rate in northern Gyeonggi-do province. We encountered a case of malaria in a child presenting with fever and thrombocytopenia who had recently made a school excursion to Pocheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do. The child was diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax malaria and treated with hydroxychloroquine and primaquine. Here, we present this case with a brief review of the literature.

Keyword

Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Fever; Thrombocytopenia; School excursion

MeSH Terms

Anemia
Child
Chills
Communicable Diseases
Fatigue
Fever
Humans
Hydroxychloroquine
Malaria
Malaria, Vivax
Plasmodium
Plasmodium vivax
Primaquine
Splenomegaly
Thrombocytopenia
Hydroxychloroquine
Primaquine
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