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Case Reports
. 2014 Mar 10:13:85.
doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-85.

Plasmodium ovale: a case of not-so-benign tertian malaria

Kathy-Anne Strydom  1 , Farzana Ismail, John Frean
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Case Reports

Plasmodium ovale: a case of not-so-benign tertian malaria

Kathy-Anne Strydom et al. Malar J. .

Abstract

Severe malaria is most commonly associated with Plasmodium falciparum. Plasmodium vivax is increasingly recognized as being capable of causing severe disease. In contrast, Plasmodium ovale is considered as a cause of benign disease and evidence supporting the occurrence of severe or complicated ovale infection is rare. This report describes a case of severe P. ovale infection in a patient presenting with jaundice, respiratory distress, severe thrombocytopenia, petechiae, and hypotension. He had no apparent underlying risk factors for severe disease.

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Giemsa-stained thick and thin smears. A. Trophozoites of P. ovale in a Giemsa-stained thick smear. B. Trophozoites and C, D. Trophozoites and immature schizonts of P. ovale in a Giemsa-stained thin film. Note slightly enlarged, fimbriated and oval-shaped infected red blood cells, with James’ dots.
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