Malaria

A life-threatening parasitic disease caused by <i>Plasmodium</i> (<i>P. </i>) parasites that are transmitted by <i>Anophles</i> mosquito bites to humans and is typically clinically characterized by attacks of fever, headache, chills and vomiting.

Rhabdomyolysis

Breakdown of muscle fibers that leads to the release of muscle fiber contents (myoglobin) into the bloodstream.


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PMID (PMCID)
23256803
(3557149)
MALE Middle Aged
Severe falciparum malaria with dengue coinfection complicated by rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury: an unusual case with myoglobinemia, myoglobinuria but normal serum creatine kinase.
Yong KP, Tan BH, Low CY.
BMC Infect Dis. 2012;12:364.
Severe falciparum malaria with dengue coinfection complicated by rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury: an unusual case with myoglobinemia, myoglobinuria but normal serum creatine kinase.
23256803
(3557149)
MALE Middle Aged
Severe falciparum malaria with dengue coinfection complicated by rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury: an unusual case with myoglobinemia, myoglobinuria but normal serum creatine kinase.
Yong KP, Tan BH, Low CY.
BMC Infect Dis. 2012;12:364.
In patients with severe falciparum malaria, the absence of raised CK alone does not exclude a diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis.
23256803
(3557149)
MALE Middle Aged
Severe falciparum malaria with dengue coinfection complicated by rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury: an unusual case with myoglobinemia, myoglobinuria but normal serum creatine kinase.
Yong KP, Tan BH, Low CY.
BMC Infect Dis. 2012;12:364.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a complication of severe malaria, and rhabdomyolysis with myoglobinuria is an uncommon cause.
20305101
MIXED_SAMPLE Child
Rhabdomyolysis in falciparum malaria--a series of twelve cases (five children and seven adults).
Mishra SK, Pati SS, Mahanta KC, Mohanty S.
Trop Doct. 2010;40(2):87-8.
Rhabdomyolysis in falciparum malaria--a series of twelve cases (five children and seven adults).
20305101
MIXED_SAMPLE Child
Rhabdomyolysis in falciparum malaria--a series of twelve cases (five children and seven adults).
Mishra SK, Pati SS, Mahanta KC, Mohanty S.
Trop Doct. 2010;40(2):87-8.
There are very few reports in the literature of rhabdomyolysis in falciparum malaria and they mostly consist of single case studies.
20682866
MALE
Severe rhabdomyolysis caused by Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Brazilian Amazon.
Siqueira AM, Alexandre MA, Mourao MP, Santos VS, Nagahashi-Marie SK, Alecrim MG, Lacerda MV.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010;83(2):271-3.
Although rhabdomyolysis is generally reported as a complication of Plasmodium falciparum malaria, leading to metabolic and renal complications,1 it has been reported in a patient with P. vivax infection with myoadenylate deaminase deficiency.2 We report a case in a patient without typical muscle enzyme deficiencies in which severe rhabdomyolysis developed while the patients was being treated with chloroquine for a confirmed P. vivax infection.
20682866
MALE
Severe rhabdomyolysis caused by Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Brazilian Amazon.
Siqueira AM, Alexandre MA, Mourao MP, Santos VS, Nagahashi-Marie SK, Alecrim MG, Lacerda MV.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010;83(2):271-3.
Although rhabdomyolysis is generally reported as a complication of Plasmodium falciparum malaria, leading to metabolic and renal complications,1 it has been reported in a patient with P. vivax infection with myoadenylate deaminase deficiency.2 We report a case in a patient without typical muscle enzyme deficiencies in which severe rhabdomyolysis developed while the patients was being treated with chloroquine for a confirmed P. vivax infection.
10970990
MALE
Acute renal failure from myoglobinuria secondary to myositis from severe falciparum malaria.
Sinniah R, Lye W.
Am J Nephrol. 2000;20(4):339-43.
Rhabdomyolysis induced by macrophages and T cells with myoglobinuria and acute renal failure is a problem in severe falciparum malaria infection.
8965483
MALE
Rhabdomyolysis as a complication of canine babesiosis.
Jacobson LS, Lobetti RG.
J Small Anim Pract. 1996;37(6):286-91.
In human malaria, a disease clinically similar to canine babesiosis, rhabdomyolysis is unusual, but clinically silent muscle damage appears to be common.
8511818
MALE Adult
Rhabdomyolysis associated with malaria tertiana in a patient with myoadenylate deaminase deficiency.
Poels PJ, Dolmans WM, Gabreels FJ.
Trop Geogr Med. 1993;45(2):83-6.
Rhabdomyolysis associated with malaria tertiana in a patient with myoadenylate deaminase deficiency.