Unusual blood smear with multiple stages of Plasmodium falciparum infection and intraleukocytic malaria pigments in an expatriate with severe malaria and delayed clearance of parasites

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Unusual blood smear with multiple stages of Plasmodium falciparum infection and intraleukocytic malaria pigments in an expatriate with severe malaria and delayed clearance of parasites

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International audience. A French expatriate in Ethiopia presented with severe Plasmodium falciparum infection. The blood smear was remarkable associating multiple stages of parasites including circulating schizonts with a high rate of intraleukocytic malaria pigments. Under artesunate treatment, without polymorphism in PfK13 gene, delayed clearance of parasites occurred, probably following the massive merogony.

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