MYOCARDITIS COMPLICATING FALCIPARUM MALARIA

Myocarditis in Falciparum Malaria

Abstract

Over the last couple of years, infections with Plasmodium falciparum continue to increase worldwide due to a combination of factors including increasing resistance of malarial parasites to chemotherapy, changes in climate and increased international travel to endemic areas. About 1.5 to 2.7 million deaths each year are caused by this disease1. Though the major complications which may prove fatal include cerebral malaria, renal failure, pulmonary edema/ ARDS, disseminated ntravascular coagulation and multi- organ dysfunction, myocarditis can also be seen rarely. We describe two cases of falciparum malaria complicated by myocarditis.