A 31-year-old returns from Ghana with fever, rigors, jaundice and confusion. Platelets are 42 ×10^9/L, bilirubin 76 µmol/L, glucose 2.8 mmol/L, and

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A 31-year-old returns from Ghana with fever, rigors, jaundice and confusion. Platelets are 42 ×10^9/L, bilirubin 76 µmol/L, glucose 2.8 mmol/L, and thick smear later confirms parasitaemia. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Severe falciparum malaria

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Dengue fever without warning signs

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Influenza A

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Uncomplicated traveller's diarrhoea

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Acute HIV seroconversion

Severe malaria — RCPSC EM MCQ

A 31-year-old returns from Ghana with fever, rigors, jaundice and confusion. Platelets are 42 ×10^9/L, bilirubin 76 µmol/L, glucose 2.8 mmol/L, and thick smear later confirms parasitaemia. What is the most likely diagnosis?