MAHMUDA HASSAN1, MARIUM BEGUM2, A W SHAMSUR ROB2, ASHRUF UDDIN AHMED3,TASLIM UDDIN AHMED3
Introduction:
Normally symptoms of congenital malaria appears
between 10 to 30 days of neonatal life at the post
partum period1. However the disese may appears in
first day of life or after one month. Congenital Malaria
is a rare event in endemic zone2 like Afganistan, India,
Iraq, Bangladesh3 where maternal antibody against
malaria protect the child’. But in rare occasion it may
developed in endemic zone in new born babies. In
this case fever is not subsided by antibiotic therapy
and the child developed anaemia, fever and
splenomegaly. Jaundice, hepatomegaly are the
associated features of congenital malaria4-6. In Addin
hospital, we managed a 20 days old new born
baby with these features, who was later diagnosed
as a case of congenital malaria. Due to rarity of
presentation of congenital malaria in our setup, we
are reporting this case.