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Case Report: Severe Rhabdomyolysis Caused by Plasmodium vivax Malaria in the Brazilian Amazon

Submitted by patrick sampao on August 6, 2010 - 07:58
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Author(s): 
André M., Márcia A., et al.
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Am J Trop Med Hyg, Aug 2010; 83: 271 - 273.
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We report a case in a patient without typical muscle enzyme deficiencies in which severe rhabdomyolysis developed while the patients was being treated with chloroquine for a confirmed P. vivax infection.

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