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Case Reports
. 2012 Sep;142(3):798-801.
doi: 10.1378/chest.11-3209.

A 36-year-old Haitian man with coma, acute kidney injury, lactic acidosis, and respiratory failure

Oluwaseun O Falade-Nwulia  1 , Gurpreet Dhaliwal  2 , Matthew P Schreiber  3 , Sanjay Saint  4 , Andrew F Shorr  3
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Case Reports

A 36-year-old Haitian man with coma, acute kidney injury, lactic acidosis, and respiratory failure

Oluwaseun O Falade-Nwulia et al. Chest. 2012 Sep.
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Figure 1.
Admission chest radiograph with prominent interstitial markings.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Thin blood film showing numerous burr cells, several schistocytes, and intraerythrocytic parasites (arrow).
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