title: Acute pancreatitis in a patient with vivax malaria.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute pancreatitis is most commonly linked to gallstone disease or alcohol consumption. Occasionally it can follow infectious disease. Malaria, especially Plasmodium falciparum infection, has been associated with acute pancreatitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present the case of a 17-year-old male who presented with a history of fever, abdominal pain and hypotension and revealing acute pancreatitis associated with infection by Plasmodium vivax.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acute pancreatitis can accompany malaria, including Plasmodium vivax.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India. docvishalsharma@gmail.com
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Alka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Amitesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj
authors.forename: Sourabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000302:isolation & purification*