1. Spleen Rupture in a Case of Untreated Plasmodium vivax Infection
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Machado Siqueira, André, Lopes Magalhães, Belisa Maria, Cardoso Melo, Gisely, Ferrer, Mireia, Castillo, Paola, Martin-Jaular, Lorena, Fernandez-Becerra, Carmen, Ordi, Jaume, Martinez, Antonio, Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães, and del Portillo, Hernando A.
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PLASMODIUM vivax , *ANEMIA diagnosis , *THROMBOCYTOPENIA , *SPLENECTOMY , *POLYMERASE chain reaction - Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 19-year-old nonimmune patient with Plasmodium vivax monoinfection supported by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in his peripheral blood and spline section. It states that the initial diagnosis revealed anemia and thrombocytopenia, and he was transferred to a tertiary-care infectious diseases reference center. The patient submits to splenectomy due to profuse intra-abdominal hemorrhage.
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- 2012
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