Hospital admissions for malaria in Basel, Switzerland: An epidemiological review of 150 cases [2]

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-97

  Nüesch, Reto ^a   Scheller, Mathias ^a   Gyr, Niklaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; MANNITOL; QUININE; STEROID; SULFADOXINE PLUS TRIMETHOPRIM; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEPSIS; SHOCK; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 0342858808     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2000.00030     Document Type: Letter

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