Plasmodium malariae in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Authors

  • Muhammad Ehsanul Haque Department of Microbiology, Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong
  • Muhammad Anwar Husain Department of Microbiology, Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong
  • Nasima Akter Department of Microbiology, Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong
  • Muhammad Abdul Mazed Department of Microbiology, Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong
  • Khan Mashrequl Alam
  • Muhammad Tipu Sultan
  • Arup Kanti Dewanjee
  • Muhammad Shaqil Ahmed
  • Muhammad Arifur Rahman
  • Muhammad Zakir Hossain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjmm.v5i2.16936

Abstract

We detected a case of Plasmodium malariae in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The person was an adult male, presented clinically as severe malaria. B lood slide examination by microscopy and pan malarial immunochromatographic test (ICT) revealed the case as Plasmodium malariae infection. The patient presented as severe malaria case for which he was hospitalized and recovered after seven days of quinine treatment.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjmm.v5i2.16936

Bangladesh J Med Microbiol 2011; 05 (02): 30-31

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Published

2013-11-10

How to Cite

Haque, M. E., Husain, M. A., Akter, N., Mazed, M. A., Alam, K. M., Sultan, M. T., Dewanjee, A. K., Ahmed, M. S., Rahman, M. A., & Hossain, M. Z. (2013). Plasmodium malariae in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Microbiology, 5(2), 30–31. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjmm.v5i2.16936

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Case Reports