Returned traveller presenting with anaemia: clinical challenge of post-artesunate delayed haemolysis

J Travel Med. 2021 Dec 29;28(8):taab171. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab171.

Authors

Wasin Matsee^{1

2}, Thanyapat Hiranrusme², Phimphan Pisutsan^{1

2}, Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn¹, Kesinee Chotivanich¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
² Thai Travel Clinic, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

PMID: 34672351
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taab171

No abstract available

Keywords: antimalarial drugs; artesunate; delayed haemolysis; malaria; returning travellers; treatment.

MeSH terms

Anemia* / drug therapy
Antimalarials* / adverse effects
Artemisinins* / adverse effects
Artesunate / adverse effects
Hemolysis
Humans
Malaria, Falciparum* / complications
Malaria, Falciparum* / diagnosis
Malaria, Falciparum* / drug therapy

Substances

Antimalarials
Artemisinins
Artesunate