1.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-88056
ABSTRACT
A 19 years male presented with fever, oliguria and purpuric lesions involving both hands. The patient was diagnosed as a case of purpura fulminans with disseminated intravascular coagulation due to complicated falciparum malaria. The case is presented to sensitize the physicians to keep malaria as a differential in cases of fever with purpura fulminans.
Subject(s)
Acute Disease , Adult , Amebicides/therapeutic use , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Antimalarials/therapeutic use , Artemisinins/therapeutic use , Cephalosporins/therapeutic use , Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation/diagnosis , Humans , Male , Pentoxifylline/therapeutic use , Plasma , Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/therapeutic use , Purpura Fulminans/diagnosis , Quinine/therapeutic use , Renal Dialysis
2.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-86316
ABSTRACT
A 19-year-old male presented with fever, oliguria and purpuric lesions involving both hands. The patient was diagnosed as a case of purpura fulminans with disseminated intravascular coagulation due to complicated Falciparum malaria. The case is presented to sensitize the physicians to keep malaria as a differential in cases of fever with purpura fulminans.