Open AccessAcute Pancreatitis in a Patient with Vivax Malaria
Author(s) -
Vishal Sharma,
Alka Sharma,
Amitesh Aggarwal,
Gaurav Bhardwaj,
Sourabh Aġġarwal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pubmed
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1590-8577
DOI - 10.6092/1590-8577/669
Subject(s) - acute pancreatitis , malaria , medicine , pancreatitis , plasmodium vivax , abdominal pain , plasmodium falciparum , disease , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , intensive care medicine
Acute pancreatitis is most commonly linked to gallstone disease or alcohol consumption. Occasionally it can follow infectious disease. Malaria, especially Plasmodium falciparum infection, has been associated with acute pancreatitis.We present the case of a 17-year-old male who presented with a history of fever, abdominal pain and hypotension and revealing acute pancreatitis associated with infection by Plasmodium vivax.Acute pancreatitis can accompany malaria, including Plasmodium vivax.
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