Mouhamadou Ndiaye
Senegal
Case Report
High Schizontaemia and Pigment-Containing Leukocytes in a Child Living Urban Area of Malaria Low Transmission Setting
Author(s): Mamadou A Diallo, Mouhamadou Ndiaye and Daouda NdiayeMamadou A Diallo, Mouhamadou Ndiaye and Daouda Ndiaye
Background: Presence of Plasmodium falciparum’s schizontes in peripheral blood is usually associated with severe malaria. However, presence of schizontes and pigment containing leucocytes is usually not recorded on the laboratory reports in clinical settings and yet theses stages findings may be helpful to manage the patient in context of low transmission of malaria. An uncomplicated form of falciparum malaria contrasting with high schizontaemia, in a child living urban area of Dakar is discussed.
Case presentation: A six-year-old boy presented to the health clinic of Pikine (Dakar) with fever, headache and abdominal pain. There was neither vomiting nor diarrhea. All physical examination was normal. HRP2 based rapid diagnostic test was intensively positive. Blood smear showed malaria parasites identified as Plasmodium falcipar.. View More»
