Clinical aspects of hemolysis in patients with P. vivax malaria treated with primaquine, in the Brazilian Amazon

This report describes the development of hemolysis in eighteen glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient patients treated for Plasmodium vivax malaria with chloroquine and primaquine. The most frequent findings accompanying hemolysis were fever and leukocytosis, in addition to anemia requiring red...

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Main Authors: Wilson M. Ramos Júnior, José F.J. Sardinha, Mônica R.F. Costa, Marli S. Santana, Maria G.C. Alecrim, Marcus V.G. Lacerda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-07-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867010700842