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Fatal quinine‐induced thrombocytopenia from pulmonary haemorrhage
Author(s) -
Samaranayake C. B.,
Yap E.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.12393
Subject(s) - medicine , quinine , complication , drug , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , surgery , malaria , pharmacology , pathology
Abstract Severe drug‐induced thrombocytopenia is a well known but rare complication of quinine. This paper presents a discussion on quinine‐induced thrombocytopenia based on a patient who developed fatal thrombocytopenia and pulmonary haemorrhage.