The sting in the tail of severe falciparum malaria: Post-artesunate delayed haemolysis

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases

 
 
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Title The sting in the tail of severe falciparum malaria: Post-artesunate delayed haemolysis
 
Creator Benjamin, Yael Stead, David
 
Subject Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Malaria, Haemolytic Anaemia malaria; zoonoses; protozoan infections; falciparum malaria; tropical diseases; haemolytic anaemia; autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
Description Post-artesunate delayed haemolysis (PADH) is thought to occur because of delayed clearance of previously malarial infected erythrocytes spared by ‘pitting’ during treatment. We report a case of PADH following the treatment of Plasmodium (P.) falciparum malaria (32% parasitaemia), with a positive direct antiglobulin (DAT) test, suggesting an immune mechanism.
 
Publisher AOSIS Publishing
 
Contributor Dr. Alan Gordon, East London Hospital Complex, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Senior physician involved in the management of this case.)
Date 2022-05-25
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Case Study
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajid.v37i1.392
 
Source Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases; Vol 37, No 1 (2022); 4 pages 2313-1810 2312-0053
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Southern Africa Case Study 43; Male; Pakistani
Rights Copyright (c) 2022 Yael Benjamin, David Stead https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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