Severe Plasmodium falciparum infection mimicking acute myocardial infarction

This case report describes a case of presumed acute myocardial infarction in a returned traveler who was later diagnosed to have severe malaria. Emergency coronary angiography was normal and subsequent peripheral blood film was positive for Plasmodium falciparum.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sulaiman, Helmi, Ismail, Muhammad Dzafir, Jalalonmuhali, Maisarah, Atiya, Nadia, Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25176417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-341

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25176417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-341

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