Table 1 Complications of 17 adult patients with severe Plasmodium knowlesi malaria
From: Laboratory markers of disease severity in Plasmodium knowlesi infection: a case control study
Complication | No. (%) |
|---|---|
Impaired consciousness or unrousable coma | 0 (0) |
Multiple convulsions – more than two episodes in 24 h | 0 (0) |
Clinical jaundice plus kidney injury (serum creatinine > 265 μmol/l) | 6 (35.3) |
Deep breathing, respiratory distress (> 30 breath/min) | 3 (17.6) |
Circulatory collapse or shock, systolic blood pressure < 70 mm Hg in adults | 1 (5.9) |
Abnormal spontaneous bleeding | 0 (0) |
Kidney injury (serum creatinine > 265 μmol/l) | 16 (94.1) |
Severe normocytic anaemia (packed cell volume < 15%) | 1 (5.9) |