Malaria in travelers returning from short organized tours to holiday resorts in Mombassa, Kenya

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 364-367

  Ben Ami, Ronen ^a   Siegman Igra, Yardena ^a   Anis, Emilia ^b   Brook, Gerald J ^c   Pitlik, Silvio ^d   Dan, Michael ^e   Giladi, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Kenya; Malaria; Mombassa; Prophylaxis; Travel

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; CEFTRIAXONE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MINOCYCLINE; OXYGEN; QUINIDINE GLUCONATE; QUINIDINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AIRWAY PRESSURE; APNEA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; KENYA; LUNG CONGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TINNITUS; TRAVEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL;

EID: 20844433410     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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