Severe Complicated Plasmodium vivax Malaria: A Case Report

Abstract

Complicated malaria as defined by the World Health Organization was always understood to be caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Reports of Plasmodium vivax causing complicated cases have been emerging. This is to report one such case that was complicated by myocarditis and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Keywords

• ARDS
• malarial myocarditis
• P vivax malaria