Imported malaria: Successful treatment of 31 patients in the era of chloroquine resistance

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 683-687

  Fang, Chi Tai ^a   Chang, Shan Chwen ^a   Chang, Hui Li ^b   Chen, Yee Chun ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a   Hung, Chien Ching ^a   Hsieh, Wei Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chloroquine resistance; Imported malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Quinine toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG EDEMA; MALARIA; NAUSEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SEIZURE; SHOCK; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TINNITUS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SESQUITERPENES; TRAVEL;

EID: 0032745404     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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