Abstract
Plasmodium knowlesi was known as a plasmodium of macaques until P. knowlesi transmission to humans was recognised in Borneo and later throughout South-East Asia. We describe here a case of a P. knowlesi infection imported to Germany from Thailand. The patient had not taken antimalarial chemoprophylaxis and suffered from daily fever attacks. Microscopy revealed trophozoites and gametocytes resembling P. malariae. P. knowlesi malaria was confirmed by PCR.
MeSH terms
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Acute Kidney Injury / complications
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Acute Kidney Injury / diagnosis
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Antimalarials / therapeutic use
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Artemether
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Artemisinins / therapeutic use
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Ethanolamines / therapeutic use
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Female
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Fluorenes / therapeutic use
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Germany
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Humans
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Lumefantrine
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Malaria / diagnosis*
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Malaria / drug therapy
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Malaria / transmission
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Microscopy
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Middle Aged
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Plasmodium knowlesi / genetics
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Plasmodium knowlesi / isolation & purification*
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Thailand
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Travel*
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Treatment Outcome
Substances
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Antimalarials
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Artemisinins
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Ethanolamines
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Fluorenes
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Artemether
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Lumefantrine