The clinical case of imported falciparum malaria is described in the article. The diagnosis was confirmed on the 6-th day of the disease when cerebral presentations manifested. The course of the disease was severe and it was characterized by serious complications due to late diagnosis and starting of treatment: malaria coma, malaria alhid, acute respiratory distress syndrome, nozocomial pneumonia, acute renal failure, malaria hepatitis, severe hemolytic anemia. The patient recovered. Presentations of severe anemia progressed after plasmodium disappearance in the blood and persisted after discharge of patient from the hospital.
EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION THERAPY IN ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS) DUE TO PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA
