Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to pulmonary involvement in complicated malaria—case report

Síndrome de dificultad respiratoria aguda por compromiso pulmonar en malaria complicada: a propósito de un caso

Malaria is the most important human being´s parasitic disease, representing a public health challenge in more than 91 countries. While uncomplicated infection the mortality    is close to 0.1%, in complicated malaria it increases gradually associated, mainly, to the serious complications infection like cerebral malaria, severe anemia, difficulty of breathing, renal failure and severe pregnancy malaria. The incidence of pulmonary manifestations has increased in recent years. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ADRS) is the most severe form within the pulmonary complications of malaria, with high mortality despite proper management. We present a clinical case of a patient with malaria complicated by Plasmo- dium falciparum with clinical and radiological findings of ARDS in the context of associated pulmonary involvement.