Nosocomial Plasmodium falciparum infections confirmed by molecular typing in Medellín, Colombia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  González, Lina ^a   Ochoa, Jesus ^b   Franco, Liliana ^b   Arroyave, Marta ^b   Restrepo, Eliana ^a   Blair, Silvia ^a   Maestre, Amanda ^a  

^a Facultad de Medicina   (Colombia)

^b Facultad de Medicina   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLOROQUINE; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; ISOMETHEPTENE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXACILLIN; PHENYTOIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; RANITIDINE; SULFADOXINE;

ADULT; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; COLOMBIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR TYPING; NURSERY; PATIENT CARE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; COLOMBIA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 15244361586     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-4-9     Document Type: Review

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