Iranian Journal of Parasitology (Apr 2007)

A Patient with G6PD Deficiency and Falciparum Malaria

  • Y Fagani,
  • A Mohammadiha,
  • M Yousefi,
  • A Miahipour,
  • M Nateghpour

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 43 – 45

Abstract

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A 20 year old male patient from Afghanistan with a history of G6PD deficiency and clinical manifestations of malaria referred to Bou-Ali Hospital in Tehran, capital of Iran. Giemsa stained thick blood films revealed an infection of Plasmodium falciparum with 33700 parasite/μL of blood. The patient was successfully treated according to malaria treatment guideline.

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