Severe falciparum malaria and peripheral gangrene

Patients with Falciparum malaria may present with peripheral gangrene as a rare complication. In this report we describe two adult Sudanese patients with high grade fever for 10 days, jaundice, alteration consciousness and hypovolaemic shock. Both patients had blackish discolouration of the fore foo...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim SMA (Author), Harunarashid H (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre, 2011-10.
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