Misdiagnosis of Plasmodium vivax in a Case of Mixed Malaria, Lead to Wrong Anti-Cancer Chemotherapy, Splenectomy, and Partial Hepatectomy Due to Relapse: A Case Report
Abstract
Malaria is a multilateral parasitic infection, which causes wonderful mortality and morbidity worldwide. It sometimes accompanied a quaint appearance. An Iranian 50-year-old man was admitted to Omid, hospital, a specialized cancer hospital in Isfahan, Iran. Because of a 15-year persisted anemia due to misdiagnose of vivax malaria led him to three courses of anticancer chemotherapy and splenectomy. His blood smears were sent to the Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Our findings from his history, file documents, clinical signs and symptoms, and parasitological and molecular assessments revealed an interesting case, which is reported.
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2. Schapira A, Zaim M, Raeisi A et al. History of the successful struggle against malaria in the islamic republic of iran. Tehran: Neekpey Publisher. Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran. 2018; 27-28.
3. Edrissian GH. Malaria in Iran: Past and present situation. Iran J Parasitol. 2006; 1: 1-14.
4. Najafi-Sharjabad F, Darabi AH, Kazerouni A. Epidemiological features of malaria in bushehr province, southwest of Iran. Ann Parasitol. 2022;68:93-101.
5. Alten B, Kampen H, Fontenille D. Malaria in southern europe: Resurgence from the past. Emerg Vect Dis Eur. 2007;1:35-57.
6. Filler SJ, MacArthur JR, Parise M, et al. Locally acquired mosquito-transmitted malaria; a guide for investigations in the united states. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2006; 8(55):1-9.
7. Ome-Kaius M, Kattenberg JH, Zaloumis S, et al. Differential impact of malaria control interventions on P. falciparum and P.vivax infections in young papua new guinean children. BMC Med. 2019; 9;17(1):220.
8. Commons RJ, Simpson JA, Watson J, et al. Estimating the proportion of Plasmodium vivax recurrences caused by relapse: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020;103:1094-1099.
9. Chu CS, White NJ. Management of relapsing Plasmodium vivax malaria. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2016;14:885-900.
10. Nabarro LE, Nolder D, Broderick C, et al. Geographical and temporal trends and seasonal relapse in Plasmodium ovale spp. And Plasmodium malariae infections imported to the uk between 1987 and 2015. BMC Med. 2018;16:1-8.
11. Elmakki EE. Hyper-reactive malarial splenomegaly syndrome (hmss). Cureus. 2012;4
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14. Makanjuola RO, Taylor-Robinson AW. Improving accuracy of malaria diagnosis in underserved rural and remote endemic areas of sub-saharan africa: A call to develop multiplexing rapid diagnostic tests. Scientifica. 2020; 1-10.
15. Han TZ, Han KT, Aye KH, et al. Comparison of microscopy and PCR for the detection of human plasmodium species and Plasmodium knowlesi in southern myanmar. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2017;7:680-685.
16. Eskandarian AA, Moradi S, Abedi S. A simple, efficient and inexpensive method for malaria parasites’ DNA catching from fixed giemsa-stained blood slides. Parasit Dis. 2016;40:833-837.
17. Li W, Zhang T, Xu X, et al. Problems associated with the diagnosis of imported malaria in anhui province, china. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020; 102(1):142-146.
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| Issue | Vol 17 No 3 (2022) | |
| Section | Case Report(s) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v17i3.10634 | |
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| Malaria Plasmodium Cancer Iran | ||
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Nasri E, Eskandarian A. Misdiagnosis of Plasmodium vivax in a Case of Mixed Malaria, Lead to Wrong Anti-Cancer Chemotherapy, Splenectomy, and Partial Hepatectomy Due to Relapse: A Case Report. Iran J Parasitol. 2022;17(3):420-424.
