A Patient with G6PD Deficiency and Falciparum Malaria

year old male patient from Afghanistan with a history of G6PD deficiency and clinical manifestations of malaria referred to Bou-Ali Hospital in Tehran, capital of Iran. Giemsa stained thick blood films revealed an infection of Plasmodium falciparum with 33700 parasite/µL of blood. The patient was successfully treated according to malaria treatment guideline.