Table 1.

Complications of 17 adult patients with severe Plasmodium knowlesi malaria

Complication	No. (%)
Impaired consciousness or unrousable coma	0 (0)
Multiple convulsions – more than two episodes in 24 h	0 (0)
Clinical jaundice plus kidney injury (serum creatinine > 265 μmol/l)	6 (35.3)
Deep breathing, respiratory distress (> 30 breath/min)	3 (17.6)
Circulatory collapse or shock, systolic blood pressure < 70 mm Hg in adults	1 (5.9)
Abnormal spontaneous bleeding	0 (0)
Kidney injury (serum creatinine > 265 μmol/l)	16 (94.1)
Severe normocytic anaemia (packed cell volume < 15%)	1 (5.9)