What about the treatment of asymptomatic forms of congenital malaria: case report and review of the literature

Salahiddine Saghir; Mounir Moukit; Jaouad Kouach; Naoufal Assoufi; Rachid Abilkassem; Aomar Agadr

doi:10.11604/pamj.2020.35.116.16628

What about the treatment of asymptomatic forms of congenital malaria: case report and review of the literature

Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Apr 14:35:116. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.116.16628. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Salahiddine Saghir¹, Mounir Moukit², Jaouad Kouach², Naoufal Assoufi³, Rachid Abilkassem¹, Aomar Agadr¹

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Department, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
² Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.

Abstract

We report in this manuscript a case of newborn baby with asymptomatic form of congenital malaria; the screening of the peripheral blood smear of the baby after a positive result in the mother allowed the diagnosis. The authors were permitted through this case to discuss the therapeutic possibility in these cases.

Keywords: Congenital malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; chloroquine; malaria infestation; parasitemia.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Malaria, Falciparum / congenital*
Malaria, Falciparum / diagnosis
Male
Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / diagnosis*
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / parasitology