Acute acalculous cholecystitis associated with malarial infection in children: Report of two cases

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-61

  Kuttiat, Vijesh Sreedhar ^a   Kohli, Utkarsh ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTRIAXONE; QUININE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN MALARIA; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROWSINESS; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RIGOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE;

EID: 33846699860     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml055     Document Type: Article

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