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Purpura fulminans due to imported falciparum malaria

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  1. Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier 1, 80 avenue Augustin Fliche, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France

    Philippe Corne & Olivier Jonquet

  2. Service de Réanimation Médico-Chirurgicale, Hôpital André Mignot, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, 177, rue de Versailles, 78150, Le Chesnay, France

    Fabrice Bruneel

  3. Laboratoire d’Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, 80 avenue Augustin Fliche, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France

    Christine Biron-Andreani

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Corne, P., Bruneel, F., Biron-Andreani, C. et al. Purpura fulminans due to imported falciparum malaria. Intensive Care Med 34, 2123–2124 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-008-1188-3

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