Typhoid and malaria co-infection - An interesting findings in the investigation of a tropical fever

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-75

  Mun Keong, Brian Cheong ^a   Sulaiman, Wahinuddin ^a  

^a Taiping Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Co infection; Malaria; Tyhoid

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRINKING WATER; HEMOGLOBIN; PRIMAQUINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INSECT BITE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOON; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPICS; TYPHOID FEVER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 33845584297     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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