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A 50-year-old man with sickle cell disease and chronic kidney failure was admitted to hospital with subfebrile pyrexia and tachycardia. On admission, hemoglobin was 6.1 g/dl, but fell to 2.7 g/dl after 2 days. Blood film examination revealed Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites; parasitemia was quantified at 5.2%. He received Quinine for 1 week followed by a single dose of Pyrimethamine/Sulphadoxine. Although the treatment eradicated the parasites, his condition gradually worsened and he died of multiorgan failure 2 months later.
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Mijovic, A. (2012). Mosquito in the Bag. In: Transfusion Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2182-4_3
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