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A Case of Malaria with Uveitis, Hyperglisemia, and Rasha in a Turkish Radiologist Who Went to Africa

Author(s) -

Şerife Altun,

Zeliha Koçak Tufan,

Mahmut Kaçar,

Çiğdem Ataman Hatipoğlu,

Sami KINIKLI,

Ali Pekcan Demiröz

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

turkish journal of parasitology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207

H-Index - 18

eISSN - 2146-3077

pISSN - 1300-6320

DOI - 10.5152/tpd.2014.3406

Subject(s) - malaria , turkish , plasmodium falciparum , medicine , rash , optometry , traditional medicine , immunology , dermatology , linguistics , philosophy

Malaria is still an important health problem worldwide, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Turkey, the most common type of malaria is Plasmodium vivax, and endemic regions are South-Eastern Anatolia and Çukurova. Due to globalization and tourism, travel-associated infection due to P. falciparum is also seen more frequently in Turkey. P. falciparum malaria can be highly fatal despite optimal antimalarial treatment. We present a case of falciparum malaria in a Turkish radiologist who went to Africa for occupational reasons and come back with malaria accompanied by uveitis, hyperglycemia, and purpuric rash.

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