Chloroquine resistant malaria in neonates

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-36

  Khichi, Qasim Khan ^a,b   Channar, Mohammad Saleem ^a   Wairraich, Mohammad Ihsan ^a   Butt, Ahsan ^a  

^a QUAID E AZAM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acquired malaria; Chloroquine resistance; Congenital malaria; Mortality; Newborns

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; QUININE SULFATE;

ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; JAUNDICE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALLOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14844302666     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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