title: Acute pancreatitis in a case of falciparum malaria--a rare presentation.
abstract: Various complications including multiorgan failure is not uncommon in Falciparum malaria. But acute pancreatitis is a very rare complication in falciparum malaria. We describe here such a patient who suffered from acute pancreatitis and multiorgan failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Calcutta Medical College. Kolkata--700 073.
authors.forename: Biplab
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: Bidyut Kumar
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Sanjoy Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Pradipta
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guh
authors.forename: Sibesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shai
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Arindam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ray
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D037621:Artemisinins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077332:Artesunate; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000150:complications; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D018512:Parasitemia; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000962:Antimalarials; D037621:Artemisinins; D000077332:Artesunate