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Peripheral blood smear of Plasmodium falciparum (arrows) legends. (a) Thick film showed asexual stage of P. falciparum on day 1. (b) The gametocytes of P. falciparum on day 3. (c) Asexual stage and gametocytes of P. falciparum were not found on day 4.
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At that moment, peripheral blood smear revealed Plasmodium falciparum and parasitemia with a density of 176,000 parasites/muL (3.52%) (Figure 1). A repeated malarial blood smear was negative for malarial parasite on the fourth day of hospitalization (Figure 1).
Urine collected on day 1 and day 3 since presentation legends. (a) Black-tea colored urine on day 1. (b) Yellowish-colored urine on day 3.
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Physical examination revealed no icteric sclera and improved urine color (Figure 2).