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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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Short report: Rhabdomyolysis in falciparum malaria - a series of twelve cases (five children and seven adults)

Submitted by Inga on March 25, 2010 - 12:42
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Saroj K Mishra, Sudhanshu S Pati, Kishore C Mahanta, and Sanjib Mohanty
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Trop Doct 2010;40 87-88
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We report on 12 patients with evidence of skeletal muscle injury in severe malaria from Rourkela, Orissa State, India.

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