• Am J Emerg Med · Apr 2013

    Case Reports

    Severe sepsis and septic shock due to Plasmodium vivax infection.

    • Athanasios Chalkias, Sotirios Aridas, Drosos E Karageorgopoulos, Georgios Stratiotis, Dimitra Mystrioti, Athanasios Mallios, Ioannis Nakos, Nikolaos Mpellos, Asimina Ganotopoulou, and Theodoros Xanthos.
    • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, MSc Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, 11527, Athens, Greece. thanoschalkias@yahoo.gr
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Apr 1;31(4):761.e1-2.

    AbstractPlasmodium vivax malaria is typically characterized by a mild and benign clinical course. Organ dysfunction is rarely seen, whereas acute lung injury has been found to occur after starting antimalarial treatment. We present an unusual case of severe sepsis and septic shock due to Plasmodium vivax monoinfection.

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