Retinopathy in severe malaria in Ghanaian children--overlap between fundus changes in cerebral and non-cerebral malaria

Vera A Essuman; Christine T Ntim-Amponsah; Birgitte Schmidt Astrup; George O Adjei; Jorgen A L Kurtzhals; Thomas A Ndanu; Bamenla Goka

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-232

Retinopathy in severe malaria in Ghanaian children--overlap between fundus changes in cerebral and non-cerebral malaria

Vera A Essuman, Christine T Ntim-Amponsah, Birgitte Schmidt Astrup, George O Adjei, Jorgen A L Kurtzhals, Thomas A Ndanu, Bamenla Goka

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Abstract

In malaria-endemic areas, reliably establishing parasitaemia for diagnosis of malaria can be difficult. A retinopathy with some features unique to severe malaria with a predictive value on prognosis, has been described. Detection of this retinopathy could be a useful diagnostic tool. This study was designed to determine the diagnostic usefulness of retinopathy on ophthalmoscopy in severe malaria syndromes: Cerebral malaria (CM) and non-cerebral severe malaria (non-CM), i.e. malaria with respiratory distress (RD) and malaria with severe anaemia (SA), in Ghanaian children. Secondly, to determine any association between retinopathy and the occurrence of convulsions in patients with CM.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Malaria Journal
Vol/bind	9
Sider (fra-til)	232
ISSN	1475-2875
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-232
Status	Udgivet - 1. jan. 2010

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Retinopathy in severe malaria in Ghanaian children--overlap between fundus changes in cerebral and non-cerebral malaria

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