RESUMO
Complicated malaria is mainly caused by Plasmodium falciparum, but, increasingly, Plasmodium vivax is also being reported as a cause. Since the reemergence of indigenous vivax malaria in 1993, cases of severe malaria have been steadily reported in Korea. Herein, we report a case of vivax malaria complicated by adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that was successfully managed with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). A 59-year-old man presented at our hospital with fever and abdominal pain, which had persisted for 10 days. On admission, the patient had impaired consciousness, shock, hypoxia and haziness in both lungs, jaundice, thrombocytopenia and disseminated intravascular coagulation, metabolic acidosis, and acute kidney injury. A peripheral blood smear and a rapid diagnostic test verified P. vivax mono-infection. Ten hours after admission, hypoxia became more severe, despite providing maximal ventilatory support. The administration of antimalarial agents, ECMO, and continuous venovenous hemofiltration resulted in an improvement of his vital signs and laboratory findings. He was discharged from the hospital 7 weeks later, without any sequelae.
Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Injúria Renal Aguda , Hipóxia , Antimaláricos/administração & dosagem , Oxigenação por Membrana Extracorpórea , Pulmão/diagnóstico por imagem , Malária Vivax/complicações , Insuficiência de Múltiplos Órgãos , Plasmodium vivax/isolamento & purificação , República da Coreia , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório/complicações , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
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