Case reports: pernicious complications of benign tertian malaria.
Lawn, Stephen D;
Krishna, Sanjeev;
Jarvis, Joseph N;
Joet, Thierry;
Macallan, Derek C;
(2003)
Case reports: pernicious complications of benign tertian malaria.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97 (5).
pp. 551-553.
ISSN 0035-9203
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(03)80024-x
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We describe 2 patients with complications of Plasmodium vivax malaria. Both patients developed marked intravascular haemolysis and haemoglobinuria despite normal levels of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in blood. One required mechanical ventilation because of life-threatening hypoxia due to acute respiratory distress syndrome.
