Open AccessCongenital malaria with atypical presentation in a preterm neonate
Author(s) -
Rakesh Kumar,
Kundan Kumar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical neonatology/journal of clinical neonatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1658-6093
pISSN - 2249-4847
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4847.120002
Subject(s) - hepatosplenomegaly , medicine , jaundice , malaria , presentation (obstetrics) , pediatrics , anemia , disease , pathology , surgery
Congenital malaria (CM) is a rare disease with only about 300 cases reported so far. In general, it presents with fever along with other common features such as jaundice, anemia and hepatosplenomegaly. We report a case of CM who presented atypically without fever along with other typical features.