Open AccessMalaria Trophozoite
Author(s) -
Stanley Kim,
Ricardo Saca
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical journal of southern california clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2576-1897
pISSN - 2576-1889
DOI - 10.38206/130104
Subject(s) - malaria , anemia , medicine , blood smear , virology , immunology
A 71-year-old man living in El Salvador developed anemia, indirect bilirubinemia and intermittent fever for the past several months. Ultrasound of the abdomen revealed mildsplenomegaly. Both thick and thin blood smears for malaria failed to show malaria species.