Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.10, No.3 (1979), 438-443
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S. Areekul Bleeding diathesis in Malaria. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.10, No.3 (1979), 438-443. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/13195
Intravascular coagulation occurs in the late stages of both human and simian malaria. Massive haemolysis in malaria may precipitate the intravascular coagulation but the etiology of DIC is not exactly known. It may be a result of a pathogenic process or a compensatory mechanism of the host to the malaria (i.e. preventing haemorrhage from damaged capillaries). Treatment with thrombolytic or anticoagulant drugs may be more harmful than beneficial to the patients. (Schettini - Bari)
