聚合酶连锁反应无法检测来自埃塞俄比亚的兄弟姐妹的混合疟疾感染

Ashton D Hall1, Daniel A Whitehurst2, Joel E Mortensen3

  • 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

概括

在返回旅行者中诊断疟疾可能具有挑战性. 混合Plasmodium falciparum和Plasmodium vivax感染可能会被初始PCR测试遗漏,导致治疗延迟.