Therapeutic plasma exchange in the treatment of complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: A case report

• Published in: Journal of clinical apheresis Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 419 - 422
• Main Authors: Ou, Tsong‐Yih, Chuang, Cheng‐Yen, Chen, Chun‐Da, Cheng, Chung‐Yi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2018
• Subjects: Apheresis; Case reports; Erythrocytes; hyperbilirubinemia; jaundice; Malaria; plasma exchange; jaundice; malaria; plasma exchange; hyperbilirubinemia

ABSTRACT Severe falciparum malaria is associated with multiple organ dysfunction and a high rate of fatal outcome. Malaria is a world‐wide disease in tropical areas through the bites of vector mosquitoes. Parasitic protozoans introduced by the mosquito's saliva to the blood travel to the liver...