Complication of Corticosteroid Treatment by Acute Plasmodium malariae Infection Confirmed by Small-Subunit rRNA Sequencing | Zendy

Kelvin KaiWang To | Zendy; Jade L. L. Teng | Zendy; Samson S. Y. Wong | Zendy; Antonio H. Y. Ngan | Zendy; KwokYung Yuen | Zendy; Patrick C. Y. Woo | Zendy

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Complication of Corticosteroid Treatment by Acute Plasmodium malariae Infection Confirmed by Small-Subunit rRNA Sequencing

Author(s) -

Kelvin KaiWang To,

Jade L. L. Teng,

Samson S. Y. Wong,

Antonio H. Y. Ngan,

KwokYung Yuen,

Patrick C. Y. Woo

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00463-10

Subject(s) - plasmodium malariae , malaria , biology , membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis , virology , plasmodium knowlesi , immunology , plasmodium falciparum , glomerulonephritis , genetics , kidney , plasmodium vivax

We report a case of acute Plasmodium malariae infection complicating corticosteroid treatment for membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in a patient from an area where P. malariae infection is not endemic. A peripheral blood smear showed typical band-form trophozoites compatible with P. malariae or Plasmodium knowlesi. SSU rRNA sequencing confirmed the identity to be P. malariae.

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