Malaria and the heart: Two rare case reports of Plasmodium falciparumassociated pericarditis

J Vector Borne Dis. 2017 Oct-Dec;54(4):372-374. doi: 10.4103/0972-9062.225845.
No abstract available

Keywords: Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; pericardial effusion; pericarditis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Ghana / ethnology
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum / complications*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / diagnosis*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Middle Aged
  • Nigeria / ethnology
  • Pericardial Effusion / diagnostic imaging
  • Pericardial Effusion / parasitology
  • Pericarditis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pericarditis / drug therapy
  • Pericarditis / parasitology*
  • Pericardium / diagnostic imaging
  • Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification
  • Sicily
  • Travel
  • Young Adult