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Published on: December 4, 2015
Congenital malaria in a European country
Ana Rita Prior1, Filipa Prata, Ana Mouzinho
1Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal. anaritaprior@gmail.com
Abstract:
A newborn of 26 days, born in Lisbon, Portugal, presented with fever, anaemia and thrombocytopaenia. She was admitted considering neonatal sepsis, but Plasmodium vivax was identified in the second peripheral blood smear performed. Parenteral quinine was started with good evolution. Despite clinicians' unfamiliarity with congenital malaria in non-endemic areas, this diagnosis, although rare, should not be forgotten in the evaluation of newborns/infants born to women from endemic areas or with recent trip to these areas.
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