Detection of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies after acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria

• Main Authors: Christoph Wenisch, Heidi Wenisch, Hans Christian Bankl, Markus Exner, Wolfgang Graninger, Sornchai Looareesuwan, Helmut Rumpold
• Other Authors: Allgemeines KrankenHaus Wien
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/17547
• Institution: Mahidol University

Four of 30 patients with Plasmodium falciparum infection in Bangkok, Thailand, were positive for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence 1 month after antimalarial therapy. No myeloperoxidase, proteinase 3, lactoferrin, or elastase reactivity was found. Since no evidenc...