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ECHENIQUE A, Yuraima; GONZALEZ G, Gladymer J; OBERTO G, Karla M  y  FAJARDO H, Roberto J. Congenital malaria: Case report. Arch Venez Puer Ped [online]. 2016, vol.79, n.2, pp.74-76. ISSN 0004-0649.

Congenital malaria is a relatively rare disease in the context of neonatal pathologies. We present a case of a 24 day old newborn male with congenital malaria by Plasmodium vivax and falciparum whose diagnosis was performed through the study of thick film. The newborn comes from a non- endemic area were as the mother because of worktravelled to an endemic area of our country in Bolivar state. The mother had a maternal history of seasonal malaria during the I trimester of gestation with irregular treatment. The clinical manifestation of the newborn was fever 40 °c and the antimalarial treatment was performed with Artesunate at 60 mg with adequate clinical response, confirmed by the thick film negativization at the end of the treatment. It is important to consider the differential diagnosis with neonatal sepsis especially in patients from endemic areas and risk. Congenital malaria is real and therefore it is recommended that newborns of mothers with malaria should be examined immediately.

Palabras clave : malaria; newborn; vivax and falciparum Plasmodium; thick film.

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