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Prof.S.A.M.Kularatne

Faculty: Medicine

Faculty Publications
Medicine Epidemiological and clinical features of hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale and Hypnale zara) envenoming in children

RN Rathnayaka, PEAN Ranathunga, SAM Kularatne
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 16 (12), e0011013
Medicine A glimpse of fever, bites, and stings from bed to the bench: A journey through decades

SAM Kularatne
Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians 53 (2)
Medicine Therapeutic plasma exchange for venom-induced thrombotic microangiopathy following hump-nosed pit viper (genus: Hypnale) bites: a prospective observational study

RN Rathnayaka, PEAN Ranathunga, SAM Kularatne, K Sugathadasa
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 33 (4), 386-398
Medicine Acute ischemic stroke: a rare complication of hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale spp.) bite: a case report

R Namal Rathnayaka, PEA Nishanthi Ranathunga, SAM Kularatne, ...
Journal of Medical Case Reports 16 (1), 1-5
Medicine Effectiveness of Four-week Task-Specific Functional Exercise protocol in chronic post-stroke upper limb management: A prospective interventional trial

ID Senarath, S Thalwaththe, L Pathirage, SAM Kularatne
Medicine Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Following Viperidae Snakebites in Sri Lanka

R Rathnayaka, P Ranathunga, SAM Kularatne
Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine 31 (1)
Medicine Acute myocardial infarction after Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) bite

RN Rathnayaka, PEAN Ranathunga, SAM Kularatne
The American Journal of Cardiology 175, 175-178
Medicine Molecular characterization of rickettsial agents in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Sri Lanka

GA Dasch, ME Eremeeva, ML Zambrano, R Premaratna, SAM Kularatne, ...
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 106 (6), 1613
Medicine Dengue infection: Global importance, immunopathology and management

SA Kularatne, C Dalugama
Clinical Medicine 22 (1), 9
Medicine Massive cerebral infarct following multiple honeybee stings

N Rathnayaka, AN Ranathunga, B Rathnayaka, SAM Kularatne
Ceylon Medical Journal 66 (3)
Medicine Double trouble: Detection of rickettsial DNA in a tick removed from an otoacariasis patient

KO Bandaranayaka, SAM Kularatne, R Rajapakse, UB Abeysundara, ...
Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 11
Medicine Severe leptospirosis complicated with multiorgan dysfunction successfully managed with plasma exchange: a case report

MDSV Kularathna, SAM Kularatne, M Pathirage, PTMA Nanayakkara
Journal of Medical Case Reports 15 (1), 1-6
Medicine Use of intravenous N-acetylcysteine in acute severe hepatitis due to severe dengue infection: a case series

D Dissanayake, W Gunaratne, K Kumarihamy, SAM Kularatne, ...
BMC Infectious Diseases 21, 1-8
Medicine Human otoacariasis in two climatically diverse districts in Sri Lanka: seasonality, risk factors, and case notes

KO Bandaranayaka, SAM Kularatne, R Rajapakse, UB Abeysundara, ...
Acta Parasitologica 66, 1326-1340
Medicine Purpura fulminans following hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale) envenoming: A rare complication of snakebites

RN Rathnayaka, PEAN Ranathunga, SAM Kularatne, KPL Abeywardhana
Toxicon 202, 110-114
Medicine Thrombotic microangiopathy, hemolytic uremic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: Rare manifestations of Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming in Sri Lanka

R Rathnayaka, PEAN Ranathunga, SAM Kularatne
Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology 10 (3), 117-123
Medicine Are imported cases the reason for increase in incidence of dengue in Anuradhapura District during the recent years?

SS Gunathilaka, SAM Kularatne, J Rajapakse, R Muthugala
Anuradhapura Medical Journal 15 (1)
Medicine Paediatric cases of Ceylon krait (Bungarus ceylonicus) bites and some similar looking non-venomous snakebites in Sri Lanka: Misidentification and antivenom administration

RN Rathnayaka, PEAN Ranathunga, SAM Kularatne
Toxicon 198, 143-150
Medicine Spotted Fever Rickettsial Infection in Pregnancy Causing Acute Hepatitis, Fatal Postpartum Hemorrhage and Possible Vertical Transmission

R Ratnayake, W Wanasinghe, P Dissanayake, SAM Kularatne, MVG Pinto, ...
Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases 7 (3), 1-5
Medicine In vivo anticancer effects of Momordica charantia seed fat on hepatocellular carcinoma in a rat model

KNK Ranasinghe, AD Premarathna, TAN Mahakapuge, KK Wijesundera, ...
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine 12 (3), 435-442
Medicine Clinico-epidemiology of Hypnale zara (hump-nosed pit viper) envenoming in Sri Lanka

RN Rathnayaka, PEAN Ranathunga, SAM Kularatne
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 115 (6 …
Medicine Kounis syndrome following Hypnale zara (hump-nosed pit viper) bite in Sri Lanka

RN Rathnayaka, PEAN Ranathunga, SAM Kularatne
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 32 (2), 210-216
Medicine 12 Novel clonal groups of Leptospira infecting humans in multiple contrasting epidemiological contexts in Sri Lanka

D Jayasundara, I Senavirathna, J Warnasekara, C Gamage, ...
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15 (3), e0009272
Medicine Sudden death following hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale) bite

RN Rathnayaka, PEAN Ranathunga, SAM Kularatne
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 32 (1), 125-127
Medicine Are imported cases the reason for the increase in the incidence of clinically diagnosed dengue in Anuradhapura district during the year

SS Gunathilaka, SAM Kularatne, J Rajapakse, R Muthugala
Medicine Melioidosis after a long silence in Sri Lanka: an environmental hazard and dilemma in diagnosis, with recovery and longitudinal follow-up for 13 years: a case report

MMK Pathirage, SAM Kularatne, KG Weerakoon
Journal of Medical Case Reports 14 (1), 1-4
Medicine Evolution of COVID-19 pandemic and how it is affecting the society at large

SAM Kularatne
Ceylon Journal of Science 49 (2)
Medicine Pulmonary hemorrhage and the management following Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming in Sri Lanka

R Rathnayaka, PEA Ranathunga, SAM Kularatne
Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology 9 (2), 72-76
Medicine Venom-induced consumption coagulopathy following hump-nosed pit viper (genus: Hypnale) envenoming in Sri Lanka: uncertain efficacy of fresh frozen plasma

RN Rathnayaka, PEAN Ranathunga, SAM Kularatne
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 31 (2), 131-143
Medicine Thrombotic microangiopathy following Hypnale zara (hump-nosed pit viper) envenoming: the first known case report from Sri Lanka

RMMKN Rathnayaka, PEAN Ranathunga, SAM Kularatne
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 31 (1), 71-77
Medicine Pulmonary haemorrhage following Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming in Sri Lanka (CASE REPORT)

RPEA NISHANTHI, SAM KULARATNE
ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF MEDICAL TOXICOLOGY (APJMT) 9 (2), 72-76
Medicine Social and Health Impact of Flying Hymenoptera Stings: Experience in a Region of Central Hill Country of Sri Lanka

U Ralapanawa, SAM Kularatne, BD Basnayake, K Weerakoon
Asian Pac. J. Health Sci 7 (4), 23-8
Medicine Aedes-one mosquito species, a few serious diseases

U Ralapanawa, S Kularatne
SF Intern Med. 2020; 1 (1) 1002
Medicine Delayed diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax malaria in an elderly Sri Lankan returned from a pilgrimage to India

A Premarathna, SAM Kularatne
Sri Lankan J Infect Dis 10, 80-4