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Volume 24 |
October - December 2008 (Part-I) |
Number 5 |
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Congenital Malaria
Siddiqui Emad1, Lone Saira2, Hashmi Seema3, Hanif Shahina4
ABSTRACT
Congenital malaria is a rare disorder which is difficult to interpret as most of the clinical features are similar to other diseases e.g. neonatal sepsis. It is defined as the presence of malarial parasites in the peripheral smear of the newborn from twenty four hours to seven days of life. We report 12 days old newborn who presented with high grade fever, reluctant to take feed, increasing pallor, jaundiced, dehydrated and lethargic. He was hypotensive, hypoglycemic, convulsing with hepatospleenomegally. He had a clear history of maternal fever (intermittent) for last three weeks and increasing pallor. His MP test was positive. Both mother and child were treated and later discharged when they fully recovered.
KEY WORDS: Congenital malaria, P Vivax.
Pak J Med Sci October - December 2008 (Part-I) Vol. 24 No. 5 765-767
How to cite this article:
Emad S, Saira L, Seema H, Shahina H. Congenital Malaria. Pak J Med Sci 2008;24(5):765-67.
1. Dr Emad uddin siddiqui,
Sr. Instructor Pediatric ER.
2. Dr Saira Lone,
Lecturar Pediatric,
Aga Khan University Hospital
3. Dr Seema Hashmi,
Assistant Professor,
SIUT,
Dow University of Health Sciences
Karachi.
4. Dr Shahina Hanif,
Assistant Professor,
Pediatric CHK
Correspondence
Dr. Emad uddin Siddiqui
Sr. Instructor
Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Dept. of Medicine
Aga Khan University Hospital
Karachi, Pakistan.
Email: emaduz@yahoo.com
* Received for Publication: June 3, 2008
* Accepted: July 23, 2008