Aymoré Vaz Pinto; Mércia Cardoso Paiva; Marina Dantas Alencar Milfont; Lucia Chiarini; Cristina Maria de Lemos Ferreira; Aluizio Prata; João Barberino Santos; Fernando Alexandrino Alves dos Santos
RESUMO
O estudo de 27 pacientes infectados pelo Plasmodium falciparum comparado com pessoas aparentemente sadias mostra: a) diminuição do folato no soro dos pacientes infectados; b) diminuição do folato sêrico nos primeiros 8 dias que seguiram ao tratamento, interpretados como sendo devido à mobilização pela eritropoiese compensadora; c) folato eritrocítico normal.
Palavras-chave: Folato sêrico. Folato eritrocítico. Malária.
ABSTRACT
The study of 27 patients with malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum compared with normal Controls, showed: a) lower serum folate leveis in the group of patients; b) a drop in the serum folate leveis during the first eight days of treatment, interpreted as due to the folate mobilisation by the increment of erythropoiesis; c) normal erythrocyte folate leveis.
Keywords: Serum folate. Erythrocyte folate. Malária.
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Recebido para publicação em 30-3-83.
Trabalho realizado na Universidade de Brasília, com ajuda financeira do CNPq.
