Abstract
A case of P. malariae infection occurring in a kidney transplant recipient is reported. The diagnosis was delayed because of atypical clinical presentation secondary to altered immune response. Serologic tests for antimalarial antibody are not reliable and diagnosis is established by visualization of the parasites in the peripheral blood smear. We can only guess what role this infection played in rejection of the transplant and whether earlier diagnosis and treatment would have saved it.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Canfield C. J. Renal and hematologic complications of acute falciparum malaria in Vietnam. Bull N Y Acad Med. 1969 Oct;45(10):1043–1057. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Gibson J. J., Jr, Brodsky R. E., Schultz M. G. Changing patterns of malaria in the United States. J Infect Dis. 1974 Nov;130(5):553–555. doi: 10.1093/infdis/130.5.553. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Heineman H. S. The clinical syndrome of malaria in the United States. A current review of diagnosis and treatment for American physicians. Arch Intern Med. 1972 Apr;129(4):607–616. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Lopez C., Simmons R. L., Mauer S. M., Najarian J. S., Good R. A., Gentry S. Association of renal allograft rejection with virus infections. Am J Med. 1974 Mar;56(3):280–289. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(74)90609-3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- McQuay R. M., Silberman S., Mudrik P., Keith L. E. Congenital malaria in Chicago. A case report and a review of published reports (U.S.A.). Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1967 May;16(3):258–266. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Salaman M. H. Immunodepression by mammalian viruses and plasmodia. Proc R Soc Med. 1970 Jan;63(1):11–15. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Shute P. G. Letter: Splenectomy and susceptibility to malaria and babesia infection. Br Med J. 1975 Mar 1;1(5956):516–516. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5956.516. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]