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Haemophagocytic syndrome associated with plasmodium vivax infection
A Aouba1, M E Noguera, J P Clauvel
1Department of Immunohaematology and Laboratory of Haematology, Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, Department of Internal Medicine, IMM Jourdan, Paris, France.
British Journal of Haematology
|May 3, 2000
Abstract:
A 41-year-old woman was admitted with fever, splenomegaly and pancytopenia. High serum ferritin, hypertriglyceridaemia and bone marrow haemophagocytosis were consistent with a haemophagocytic syndrome. Trophozoites and gametocytes of Plasmodium vivax were identified on blood smear. Rapid recovery was observed after treatment with oral chloroquine.