Analysis of pulmonary manifestations in patients infected with Plasmodium vivax

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Maria Deise de Oliveira Ohnishi
José Antônio Cordero da Silva
Nathalya Botelho Brito
Renyer dos Santos Gonçalves
Ricardo Miranda de Brito Costa
Ingrid Correa da Silva

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate pulmonary manifestations in patients infected with Plasmodium vivax. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, retrospective study of 50 patients diagnosed in 2006 to 2008 with vivax malaria at the Evandro Chagas Institute (ECI) and referred to the University Hospital João de Barros Barreto (HUJBB) to examine the pulmonary manifestations. RESULTS: 72% of the patients were men, 28% were 21 to 30 years of age, 30% of respondents had parasitaemia 50-2000 p/mm3, 88%, 94% and 92% of the patients presented respectively with fever, chills and headache respectively, 56% of the patients had cough, 62% felt breathlessness, 28% presented dyspnea and 86% experienced chest pain. CONCLUSION:The majority of patients surveyed had parasitaemia in the range 50 to 2000 p/mm3. The classic triad fever, chills and headache was present in most patients. Among pulmonary manifestations, cough, chest pain and shortness of breath were reported by the majority of patients.

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