P398 A case of neonatal plasmodium vivax malaria caused by exchange transfusion in a G6PD deficient baby

Neonatal malaria is one of the differential diagnosis of sepsis in malarial endemic areas. Neonatal malaria is often ignored and missed as it is considered to be very rare. Transfusion acquired malaria is among the causes of neonatal malaria, as blood is rarely screened for malarial parasite. Here we present a unique case of neonatal malaria caused by exchange transfusion, which was done for indirect hyperbilirubinemia in a G6PD deficient baby.