A Case of Malarial Infection in Pregnancy.

Kim, Yun Jin; Choi, Hyung Min; Suh, Woon Hee; Han, Tae Hee

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2003;46(4):820-824.
Published online April 1, 2003.

A Case of Malarial Infection in Pregnancy.

Yun Jin Kim, Hyung Min Choi, Woon Hee Suh, Tae Hee Han

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Collage of Medicine, Inje University, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Kyung-gi, Korea.
²Department of Clinical Pathology, Colleage of Medicine, Inje University, Sang Gae Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Recently, in Korea, imported malarial infections are increased and occasionally domestic infections are reported. But the malarial infected pregnant women are seldom cases and we have experienced second trimester infected one. She had no traveling and transfusion history. She delivered a healthy baby at term by repeated cesarean section and her baby had no evidence of congenital malarial infection. We treated her with hydroxychloroquine at antepartum and primaquine at postpartum. We present this case with a brief review of literatures.

Key Words: Malaria, Pregnancy