Open AccessPlasmodium falciparum Malaria and Exchange Transfusion Application
Author(s) -
Filiz Kızılateş,
Hande Berk,
Derya Seyman,
Erdal Kurtoğlu,
Nefise Öztoprak
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
türkiye parazitoloji dergisi/türkiye parazitoloji dergisi
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2146-3077
pISSN - 1300-6320
DOI - 10.5152/tpd.2015.3515
Subject(s) - malaria , chemoprophylaxis , plasmodium falciparum , medicine , severe malaria , exchange transfusion , intensive care medicine , immunology , pediatrics , surgery
Malaria caused by P. falciparum, is endemic in tropical and subtropical areas but is seen as sporadic cases in our country. A patient, early diagnosed and succesfully treated with antimalarial drug administration and a patient, with severe clinical manifestations and succesfully treated with antimalarial medication as well as Erythrocyte Exchange Transfusion (EET), who were not applied chemoprophylaxis are presented. The cases are presented in order to emphasize on the necessity of giving education to the people going to endemic areas from our country for work or travel and on the necessity of taking chemoprophylaxis and to take attention that EET may be preffered in the therapy of severe malaria cases.