Purpura fulminans in a complicated Falciparum malaria.
A 19-year-old male presented with fever, oliguria and purpuric lesions involving both hands. The patient was diagnosed as a case of purpura fulminans with disseminated intravascular coagulation due to complicated Falciparum malaria. The case is presented to sensitize the physicians to keep malaria as a differential in cases of fever with purpura fulminans.
Khaira
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Department of Nephrology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029.
Gupta
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Gupta
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Mahajan
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Bhowmik
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Tiwari
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D000328:Adult; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000008:administration & dosage; D037621:Artemisinins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000077332:Artesunate; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011803:Quinine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000962:Antimalarials; D037621:Artemisinins; D002511:Cephalosporins; D000077332:Artesunate; D011803:Quinine