Falciparum malaria associated with jaundice, renal failure and anaemia

• Main Authors: Mukherjee, A.P., White, J.C., Lau, K.S.
• Format: Article
• Published: Oxford University Press 1971
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/25808/; https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(71)90096-4
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Three patients were described in whom falciparum malaria was accompanied by severe jaundice, renal failure due to tubular necrosis, and anaemia without overt intravascular haemolysis. Treatment with antimalarial drugs and peritoneal dialysis was successful in 2, but the third patient died from a ble...