6 September 2016 (Tuesday) - Surprise Finding


This appeared on one of the Facebook groups I follow - a chap was just doing a routine manual differential on a patient complaining of weakness. They didn't even order a parasite screen. 

Totally unexpected Plasmodium falciparum with 20% parasitaemia . Patient was in kidney failure. 

Moral of the story - expect the unexpected...

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