Fulminant cerebral malaria in a swiss patient

Infection

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-35

  Muehlethaler, K ^a   Scheurer, E ^a   Zollinger, U ^a   Markwalder, R ^a   Nguyen, X M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALAISE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PATIENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROPHYLAXIS; TRAVEL; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FATALITY; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; TRAVEL;

EID: 17844390908     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-005-3166-9     Document Type: Article

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