Open AccessUltrasonic measurement of the liver in search of Plasmodium vivax cases that relapse
Author(s) -
Amiya Kumar Hati,
Indranil Bhattacharjee,
Goutam Chandra,
Abanindranath Nag,
Probal Chaudhuri
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(14)60486-2
Subject(s) - plasmodium vivax , vivax malaria , malaria , medicine , ultrasonography , pediatrics , surgery , plasmodium falciparum , pathology
Objective: To find out whether relapse can be differentiated in vivax patients.\udMethods: Sixty three people suffering from vivax were taken and ultrasonography was done.\udResults: Among 63 persons, previous history of vivax was obtained in 51. Out of remaining 12,\udprevious history of falciparum was found in 5, four had previous history of uncertain malaria and\udin three, no previous history of malaria was recorded. The liver was within normal size (≤ 140\udmm) in 36 persons, and increased in size in 27 persons, of which enlarged (141-150 mm) in 14\udand highly enlarged (beyond 150 mm) in 13 persons. Out of these 27 persons with enlarged livers\ud22 suffered from vivax previously. Altogether 18 out of 63 cases considered to be suffering from\udrelapsed vivax cases in this study, which is alarming.\udConclusions: This simple, noninvasive procedure might provide a clue as to how relapse vivax\udcases can be determined