Table 4.
Proportion of clinical signs among severe malaria cases met at HC-UNICAMP during 1998-2011
| |
|
|
Infecting species |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Parameter |
Overall |
|
P. falciparum
|
|
P. vivax
|
|
| Freq | (%) | Freq | (%) | Freq | (%) | |
| N |
21 |
(100) |
7 |
(100) |
14 |
(100) |
| Bleeding |
6/21 |
(29) |
0/7 |
(0) |
6/14 |
(43) |
| Haemoglobinuria |
8/21 |
(38) |
2/7 |
(29) |
6/14 |
(43) |
| Hyperbilirrubinaemia + Renal Impairment |
6/21 |
(29) |
3/7 |
(43) |
2/14 |
(14) |
| Respiratory Failure | 4/21 | (19) | 3/7 | (43) | 1/14 | (7) |
There was no difference in the frequency of clinical signs between the infecting species, as calculated with Fisher’s Exact Test.