Post transfusion malaria: current state in Tunisia (new case reported in 2016)

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Published Apr 23, 2019
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Vol. 97 No. 1 (2019): Issue Jan 2019

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Fakhfakh Najla
Aicha Kallel
Mahmoud Ziraoui
Dorra Balloumi
Saloua Ledeb
Tarek Ben Othmane
Sandrine Houzée
Slaheddine Belhadj
Dhikrayet Gamara
Kalthoum Kallel

Abstract

Since the elimination of indigenous transmission of malaria in Tunisia in 1979, almost all the cases observed are imported cases related to travel.
We report a recent case of highly probable post-transfusion malaria (PTM) in a 27-year-old Tunisian who has never left Tunisia. He has been allografted and has received of the globular pellets and the platelet units along with his hospitalization. The evolution was marked by the appearance of a fever resistant to antibiotics 15 days later. On day 11 of fever, a thick drop (TD) and a blood smear (BS) showed trophozoites of Plasmodium falciparum with 20% parasitaemia. The evolution was favorable under quinine. The epidemiological survey concluded that among blood donors an African donor from Ivory Coast, in Tunisia for 2 months, had a TD, a BS, a rapid test and a nested PCR for P. falciparum species were negative, only the serology was positive by indirect immunofluorescence (1/20). Real-time PCR was positive for P. falciparum, and the diagnosis of highly probable PTM was retained.
Blood transfusion is a transmission pathway for Plasmodium and contamination can occur with a very few parasites. As a result, the PTM must be considered for any unexplained fever arising in the aftermath of a blood transfusion that and establish strict prevention recommendations for PTM in our country.

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Malaria, Transfusion, Screening, Prevention, Tunisia

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