Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Dec 2014)

Myocarditis associated with Plasmodium vivax malaria: a case report

  • Ana Maria Revoredo da Silva Ventura,
  • Tânia do Socorro Souza Chaves,
  • Julius Caesar Mendes Monteiro,
  • Carina Guilhon Sequeira,
  • Maria Deise de Oliveira Ohnishi,
  • Rosana Maria Feio Libonati,
  • Rita Catarina Medeiros Sousa,
  • Jose Maria de Souza

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0126-2014
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 47, no. 6
pp. 810 – 813

Abstract

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Malaria remains a major public health problem in Brazil where Plasmodium vivax is the predominant species, responsible for 82% of registered cases in 2013. Though benign, P. vivax infection may sometimes evolve with complications and a fatal outcome. Here, we report a severe case of P. vivax malaria in a 35-year-old Brazilian man from a malaria endemic area, who presented with reversible myocarditis.

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