Clinical and Laboratory Features of Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection

Background—Plasmodium knowlesi is increasingly recognized as a cause of human malaria in Southeast Asia but there are no detailed prospective clinical studies of naturally acquired infections. Methods—In a systematic study of the presentation and course of patients with acute P. knowlesi infecti...

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Main Authors: Daneshvar, C., Davis, T.M.E, Cox-Singh, J., Mohammad Zakri, Rafa’ee, Siti Khatijah, Binti Zakaria, Paul C, Divis, Balbir, Singh
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spelling my.unimas.ir.158072021-07-02T07:40:17Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15807/ Clinical and Laboratory Features of Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection Daneshvar, C. Davis, T.M.E Cox-Singh, J. Mohammad Zakri, Rafa’ee Siti Khatijah, Binti Zakaria Paul C, Divis Balbir, Singh R Medicine (General) Background—Plasmodium knowlesi is increasingly recognized as a cause of human malaria in Southeast Asia but there are no detailed prospective clinical studies of naturally acquired infections. Methods—In a systematic study of the presentation and course of patients with acute P. knowlesi infection, clinical and laboratory data were collected from previously untreated, nonpregnant adults admitted to the hospital with polymerase chain reaction–confirmed acute malaria at Kapit Hospital (Sarawak, Malaysia) from July 2006 through February 2008. Results—Of 152 patients recruited, 107 (70%) had P. knowlesi infection, 24 (16%) had Plasmodium falciparum infection, and 21 (14%) had Plasmodium vivax. Patients with P. knowlesi infection presented with a nonspecific febrile illness, had a baseline median parasitemia value at hospital admission of 1387 parasites/μL (interquartile range, 6–222,570 parasites/μL), and all were thrombocytopenic at hospital admission or on the following day. Most (93.5%) of the patients with P. knowlesi infection had uncomplicated malaria that responded to chloroquine and primaquine treatment. Based on World Health Organization criteria for falciparum malaria, 7 patients with P. knowlesi infection (6.5%) had severe infections at hospital admission. The most frequent complication was respiratory distress, which was present at hospital admission in 4 patients and developed after admission in an additional 3 patients. P. knowlesi parasitemia at hospital admission was an independent determinant of respiratory distress, as were serum creatinine level, serum bilirubin, and platelet count at admission (P < .002 for each). Two patients with knowlesi malaria died, representing a case fatality rate of 1.8% (95% confidence interval, 0.2%–6.6%). Conclusions—Knowlesi malaria causes a wide spectrum of disease. Most cases are uncomplicated and respond promptly to treatment, but approximately 1 in 10 patients develop potentially fatal complications. Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15807/1/Davis%2C%20T.M.E.pdf Daneshvar, C. and Davis, T.M.E and Cox-Singh, J. and Mohammad Zakri, Rafa’ee and Siti Khatijah, Binti Zakaria and Paul C, Divis and Balbir, Singh (2009) Clinical and Laboratory Features of Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 49 (6). pp. 852-860. ISSN 1537-6591 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26698074_Clinical_and_Laboratory_Features_of_Human_Plasmodium_knowlesi_Infection DOI: 10.1086/605439
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Daneshvar, C.
Davis, T.M.E
Cox-Singh, J.
Mohammad Zakri, Rafa’ee
Siti Khatijah, Binti Zakaria
Paul C, Divis
Balbir, Singh
Clinical and Laboratory Features of Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection
description Background—Plasmodium knowlesi is increasingly recognized as a cause of human malaria in Southeast Asia but there are no detailed prospective clinical studies of naturally acquired infections. Methods—In a systematic study of the presentation and course of patients with acute P. knowlesi infection, clinical and laboratory data were collected from previously untreated, nonpregnant adults admitted to the hospital with polymerase chain reaction–confirmed acute malaria at Kapit Hospital (Sarawak, Malaysia) from July 2006 through February 2008. Results—Of 152 patients recruited, 107 (70%) had P. knowlesi infection, 24 (16%) had Plasmodium falciparum infection, and 21 (14%) had Plasmodium vivax. Patients with P. knowlesi infection presented with a nonspecific febrile illness, had a baseline median parasitemia value at hospital admission of 1387 parasites/μL (interquartile range, 6–222,570 parasites/μL), and all were thrombocytopenic at hospital admission or on the following day. Most (93.5%) of the patients with P. knowlesi infection had uncomplicated malaria that responded to chloroquine and primaquine treatment. Based on World Health Organization criteria for falciparum malaria, 7 patients with P. knowlesi infection (6.5%) had severe infections at hospital admission. The most frequent complication was respiratory distress, which was present at hospital admission in 4 patients and developed after admission in an additional 3 patients. P. knowlesi parasitemia at hospital admission was an independent determinant of respiratory distress, as were serum creatinine level, serum bilirubin, and platelet count at admission (P < .002 for each). Two patients with knowlesi malaria died, representing a case fatality rate of 1.8% (95% confidence interval, 0.2%–6.6%). Conclusions—Knowlesi malaria causes a wide spectrum of disease. Most cases are uncomplicated and respond promptly to treatment, but approximately 1 in 10 patients develop potentially fatal complications.
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author Daneshvar, C.
Davis, T.M.E
Cox-Singh, J.
Mohammad Zakri, Rafa’ee
Siti Khatijah, Binti Zakaria
Paul C, Divis
Balbir, Singh
author_facet Daneshvar, C.
Davis, T.M.E
Cox-Singh, J.
Mohammad Zakri, Rafa’ee
Siti Khatijah, Binti Zakaria
Paul C, Divis
Balbir, Singh
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title Clinical and Laboratory Features of Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection
title_short Clinical and Laboratory Features of Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection
title_full Clinical and Laboratory Features of Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection
title_fullStr Clinical and Laboratory Features of Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection
title_full_unstemmed Clinical and Laboratory Features of Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection
title_sort clinical and laboratory features of human plasmodium knowlesi infection
publisher Infectious Diseases Society of America
publishDate 2009
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15807/1/Davis%2C%20T.M.E.pdf
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