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A fatal case of cerebral malaria complicated with Gemella bergeri bacteremia: role of Plasmodium mitochondrial cox3 gene and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for species identification

Zainulabid, Ummu Afeera and Dian, Nor Diyana and Juma'at, Jauhary Effendy and Periyasamy, Petrick and Kori, Najma and Cheah, Saw Kian and Abdul Wahab, Asrul and Md Idris, Zulkarnain (2022) A fatal case of cerebral malaria complicated with Gemella bergeri bacteremia: role of Plasmodium mitochondrial cox3 gene and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for species identification. BMC Proceedings, 16 (Suppl 7). pp. 39-40. E-ISSN 1753-6561

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Abstract

Here, we described a fatal case of a 37-year-old returning traveller from Burkina Faso, West Africa, who presented with an acute fitting episode later diagnosed as cerebral malaria induced by Plasmodium falciparum based on microscopic examination and Plasmodium mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase III (cox3) gene PCR target. Unfortunately, the patient passed away due to severe malaria with multi organ failure complicated with Gemella bergeri bacteremia. G. bergeri was identified using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.

Item Type: Article (other)
Uncontrolled Keywords: malaria, Gemella bergeri
Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC111 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): Kulliyyah of Medicine
Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Internal Medicine
Depositing User: Asst. Dr. Ummu Afeera Zainulabid
Date Deposited: 19 Jan 2023 13:11
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 13:22
URI: http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/103233

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