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- Title
Delayed haemolysis after treatment with intravenous artesunate in patients with severe malaria in India.
- Authors
Savargaonkar, Deepali; Das, Manoj Kumar; Verma, Amar; Mitra, Jeevan K.; Yadav, C. P.; Srivastava, Bina; Anvikar, Anupkumar R.; Valecha, Neena
- Abstract
Background: Parenteral artesunate is the treatment of choice for severe malaria. It is safe, efficacious and well tolerated anti-malarial. However, delayed haemolysis has been reported in travellers, non-immune individuals and in African children. Methods: A prospective, observational study was carried out in admitted severe malaria patients receiving parenteral artesunate. The patients were followed up until day 28 for monitoring clinical as well as laboratory parameters for haemolytic anaemia. Results: Twenty-four patients with severe malaria receiving injection artesunate were enrolled in the study. Post-artesunate delayed haemolysis following parenteral artesunate therapy was observed in three of 24 patients (12.5%, 95% confidence interval 4.5–31.2%). Haemolysis was observed in two more patients possibly due to other reasons. The haemoglobin fall ranged from 13.6 to 38.3% from day 7 to day 28 in these patients. Conclusion: The possibility of delayed haemolysis should be considered while treating the severe malaria patients with parenteral artesunate. The study highlights the need for further studies in different epidemiological settings.
- Subjects
INDIA; MALARIA; HEMOLYTIC anemia; PARENTERAL therapy; CONFIDENCE intervals; LACTATE dehydrogenase; GLUCOSE-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
- Publication
Malaria Journal, 2020, Vol 19, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1475-2875
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12936-020-3120-4