Open AccessHemophagocytic Syndrome in a Four Year Old Male Child with Plasmodium Vivax Infection
Author(s) -
Ravi Bhatia,
Gunjan Bhatia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of nepal paediatric society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.13
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1990-7982
pISSN - 1990-7974
DOI - 10.3126/jnps.v36i2.15687
Subject(s) - medicine , malaria , plasmodium falciparum , immunology , plasmodium vivax , pediatrics , virology
In Hyper endemic zones Malaria is known to present with unusual complications. Haemophagocytic syndrome is a disorder of mononuclear phagocytic syndrome. There are many published reports of haemophagocytic syndrome due to P. falciparum infection but haemophagocytic syndrome due to P. vivax infection is quite rare.J Nepal Paediatr Soc 2016;36(2):193-195.