High malaria parasitemia in an Italian man and severe delayed hemolytic anemia

Key Clinical Message Parenteral artesunate has become the choice treatment of cases of high parasitemia malaria. We report the case of an Italian man with a high malaria parasitemia who promptly improved with intravenous artenusate, but who developed a delayed severe hemolytic anemia associated with...

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Main Authors: Massimiliano Lanzafame, Giovanni Mori, Emanuela Lattuada, Claudio Scarparo
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-11-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9292
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description Key Clinical Message Parenteral artesunate has become the choice treatment of cases of high parasitemia malaria. We report the case of an Italian man with a high malaria parasitemia who promptly improved with intravenous artenusate, but who developed a delayed severe hemolytic anemia associated with intravenous artesunate treatment, requiring blood trasfusions.
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spelling doaj-art-4b4bcb60ecde45beb1abcf650aed49982025-08-20T02:23:34ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042024-11-011211n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.9292High malaria parasitemia in an Italian man and severe delayed hemolytic anemiaMassimiliano Lanzafame0Giovanni Mori1Emanuela Lattuada2Claudio Scarparo3Unit of Infectious Diseases, Santa Chiara Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS) Trento ItalyUnit of Infectious Diseases, Santa Chiara Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS) Trento ItalyUnit of Infectious Diseases, Santa Chiara Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS) Trento ItalyUnit of Microbiology, Santa Chiara Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS) Trento ItalyKey Clinical Message Parenteral artesunate has become the choice treatment of cases of high parasitemia malaria. We report the case of an Italian man with a high malaria parasitemia who promptly improved with intravenous artenusate, but who developed a delayed severe hemolytic anemia associated with intravenous artesunate treatment, requiring blood trasfusions.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9292anemiaartesunate treatmenthigh parasitemiaSevere malaria
spellingShingle Massimiliano Lanzafame
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High malaria parasitemia in an Italian man and severe delayed hemolytic anemia
Clinical Case Reports
anemia
artesunate treatment
high parasitemia
Severe malaria
title High malaria parasitemia in an Italian man and severe delayed hemolytic anemia
title_full High malaria parasitemia in an Italian man and severe delayed hemolytic anemia
title_fullStr High malaria parasitemia in an Italian man and severe delayed hemolytic anemia
title_full_unstemmed High malaria parasitemia in an Italian man and severe delayed hemolytic anemia
title_short High malaria parasitemia in an Italian man and severe delayed hemolytic anemia
title_sort high malaria parasitemia in an italian man and severe delayed hemolytic anemia
topic anemia
artesunate treatment
high parasitemia
Severe malaria
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9292
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