Publication: Hemophagocytic Syndrome in a Four Year Old Male Child with Plasmodium Vivax Infection
Date
2016
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Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
In Hyper endemic zones Malaria is known to present with unusual complications. Haemophagocytic syndrome is a disorder of mononuclear phagocytic syndrome. There are many published reports of haemophagocytic syndrome due to P. falciparum infection but haemophagocytic syndrome due to P. vivax infection is quite rare.
Description
Ravi Bhatia
Pacific Medical College and Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Gunjan Bhatia
American Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Keywords
haemophagocytic syndrome, P.vivax