Treatment of Severe Malaria in the United States with a Continuous Infusion of Quinidine Gluconate and Exchange Transfusion

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 321, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 65-70

  Miller, Kirk D ^a   Greenberg, Alan E ^a   Campbell, Carlos C ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; FANSIDAR; QUINIDINE GLUCONATE; QUININE; TETRACYCLINE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FATALITY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALARIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0024411885     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198907133210201     Document Type: Article

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