[A close contact of coronavirus disease 2019 with severe imported malaria: a case report]

Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi. 2023 Sep 25;35(4):421-423. doi: 10.16250/j.32.1374.2022271.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

This article presents a severe cerebral malaria patient in shock with a close contact of COVID-19 that was successfully cured in a negative pressure ward during the global pandemic of COVID-19. The patient experienced a sudden onset of high fever and coma in a designated isolation hotel after returning from Africa, and was transferred to a designated hospital. Following antimalarial therapy, blood pressure elevation, increase of blood volume, bedside hemodialysis, mechanical ventilation, plasma and platelet transfusions, the case gradual recovered.

[摘要] 本文报道新型冠状病毒感染全球大流行背景下, 负压病房成功救治休克状态下重症脑型疟疾新型冠状病毒感 染密接者1例。患者自非洲回国于定点酒店隔离突发高热昏迷, 通过广州市入境人员及隔离病区工作人员全程闭环管 理至广州市隔离救治定点医院, 经抗疟、升压、扩容、床旁血液透析、呼吸机辅助呼吸、血浆及血小板输注等治疗, 患者病 情逐渐好转。.

Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019; Imported case; Severe malaria.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Africa
  • Antimalarials* / therapeutic use
  • COVID-19*
  • Humans
  • Malaria* / complications
  • Malaria* / diagnosis
  • Malaria* / drug therapy
  • Travel

Substances

  • Antimalarials