Publication: Hemophagocytic Syndrome in a Four Year Old Male Child with Plasmodium Vivax Infection
Date
2016
Authors
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN 1990-7974 eISSN 1990-7982
Volume Title
Pages
Pages: 193 - 195
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
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v36i2.15687