Publication: Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria (TTM) in a Neonate - A Case Report
Date
2019
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN 1990-7974 eISSN 1990-7982
Volume Title
Pages
Pages: 131 - 134
Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Transfusion-transmitted malaria in neonates is uncommon entity. Here we report a case of severe malaria in a term neonate after exchange transfusion successfully treated with intravenous artesunate.
Description
Kailash Chand Tamaria
VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
Monika Matlani
VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
Shyam S. Meena
VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
Keywords
Artesunate, neonatal malaria, transfusion-transmitted malaria (TTM), Plasmodium vivax