Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.41, No.1 (2010), 19-21
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Polrat Wilairatana, Srivicha Krudsood, Noppadon Tangpukdee Management of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria without PCR confirmation. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.41, No.1 (2010), 19-21. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/29813
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Management of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria without PCR confirmation
Plasmodium knoivlesi morphologically resembles P. malariae; PCR assays are able to differentiate between the 2 species correctly. However, PCR is not available in many hospitals in P. knoivlesi endemic areas, particularly in Southeast Asia. In places where PCR is not available, anti-malarial drugs for P. malariae or other non-P. falciparum or P. falciparum species are effective against P. knoivlesi. Even with a wrong diagnosis of another malaria species by light microscopy instead of P. knoivlesi, the antimalarial drugs given are still effective for treating P. knoivlesi infection.
