Severe Plasmodium falciparum infection mimicking acute myocardial infarction

Helmi Sulaiman; Muhammad Dzafir Ismail; Maisarah Jalalonmuhali; Nadia Atiya; Sasheela Ponnampalavanar

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-13-341

Severe Plasmodium falciparum infection mimicking acute myocardial infarction

Malar J. 2014 Aug 30:13:341. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-341.

Authors

Helmi Sulaiman¹, Muhammad Dzafir Ismail, Maisarah Jalalonmuhali, Nadia Atiya, Sasheela Ponnampalavanar

Affiliation

¹ Infectious Disease Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. edenhelmi@gmail.com.

Abstract

This case report describes a case of presumed acute myocardial infarction in a returned traveler who was later diagnosed to have severe malaria. Emergency coronary angiography was normal and subsequent peripheral blood film was positive for Plasmodium falciparum.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Blood / parasitology
Coronary Angiography
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Malaria, Falciparum / diagnosis*
Malaria, Falciparum / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Myocardial Infarction / pathology*
Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification*