• Title of article

    A Patient with G6PD Deficiency and Falciparum Malaria

  • Author/Authors

    Nateghpour, M tehran university of medical sciences tums - Dept of Medical Parasitology and Mycology,, تهران, ايران , Miahipour, A tehran university of medical sciences tums - Dept of Medical Parasitology and Mycology,, تهران, ايران , Yousefi, M tehran university of medical sciences tums - Dept of Medical Parasitology and Mycology,, تهران, ايران , Mohammadiha, A tehran university of medical sciences tums - Dept of Medical Parasitology and Mycology,, تهران, ايران , Fagani, Y Bou-Ali Hospital, - 2Infections Diseases Ward,, ايران

  • From page
    43
  • To page
    45
  • Abstract
    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.
  • Keywords
    G6PD deficiency , Falciparum , Malaria , Iran
  • Journal title
    Iranian Journal of Parasitology (IJP)
  • Journal title
    Iranian Journal of Parasitology (IJP)
  • Record number

    2595971