Dramatic post-splenectomy onset of malaria caused by latent Plasmodium vivax in a female immigrant with severe immunological anaemia

Blood Transfus. 2014 Jul;12(3):428-30. doi: 10.2450/2014.0242-13. Epub 2014 Mar 19.

Authors

Giuseppe Tagariello¹, Roberto Sartori¹, Walter Omar Inojosa², Laura Candiotto¹, Paolo Radossi¹, Elisabetta Scarpa¹, Cristina Tassinari¹

Affiliations

¹ Transfusion Service and Hematology Department, Castelfranco Veneto Regional Hospital, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy.
² Infectious Diseases Department, Treviso General Hospital, Treviso, Italy.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / complications*
Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / pathology
Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / surgery*
Emigrants and Immigrants
Female
Humans
Malaria, Vivax / etiology*
Malaria, Vivax / pathology
Plasmodium vivax*
Severity of Illness Index
Splenectomy*