title: Hypokalaemic paralysis in an adult case of Plasmodium vivax malaria.
abstract: Hypokalaemia and its subsequent complications are more often seen in children rather than in adults and are more common with falciparum malaria. This is a case of a 26-year-old male with Plasmodium vivax malaria who had developed paraparesis secondary to hypokalaemia. His treatment involved correction of the potassium level as well as the treatment of malaria. Such an atypical manifestation of malaria in an adult has not been previously documented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Sector-5, Nerul, Navi Mumbai (New Bombay), Maharashtra 400706, India. drsagarsinha@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sagar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Ananya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mukherji
authors.forename: Santwana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chandrakar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D020335:Paraparesis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000302:isolation & purification*