低血糖症是泰国成人恶性疟患者中常见的并发症。奎宁刺激胰腺的胰岛素释放是低血糖症的重要原因。但在非洲广为应用的氯喹则不引起胰岛素释放的增加。作者根据2例患致命性恶性疟并用氯喹治疗的儿童具有高度低血糖症,提出预测性研究,以估价非洲重症疟疾儿童低血糖症的重要性。血片出现恶性疟原虫无性体,年龄在18 Hypoglycemia is a common complication in patients with adult falciparum malaria in Thailand. Quinine stimulate the insulin release of the pancreas is an important cause of hypoglycemia. But chloroquine, which is widely used in Africa, does not cause an increase in insulin release. The authors propose a predictive study to evaluate the importance of hypoglycaemia in children with severe malaria in Africa, based on 2 children with deadly falciparum malaria who are treated with chloroquine and who have high levels of hypoglycemia. Blood films of P. falciparum asexual, aged 18