Neonatal Malaria with Hyperglycemia and Hyperlipedemia: A Case Report

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  • Gurudutt Joshi Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education Research (S.M.I.M.E.R.) affiliated to Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, India.
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Abstract: Introduction: Neonatal Malaria manifests most commonly as fever ,anemia, hepatospleenomegaly, jaundice, loosestools and poor feeding however hyperglycemia and hyperlipedemia associated with malaria is not mentioned in literature. Case Presenttion : A full term neonate was admitted in December, in N.I.C.U. as fever and anemia with spleenohepatomegaly ,his peripheral smear was positive for falciparum malaria with negative sepsis screen however there was hyperglycemia ,glucosuria and hyperlipedemia associated with it, malaria was and hyperglycemia was treated with antimalarials and Insulin respectively although Hyperlipedemia persisted on discharge.

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volume 3  issue 2.1

pages  99- 102

publication date 2015-03-01

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