Spontaneous splenic rupture due to Plasmodium vivax in a traveler: Case report and review

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 188-191

  Jiménez, Beatriz C ^a   Navarro, Miriam ^a   Huerga, Helena ^a   López Vélez, Rogelio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLEURA EFFUSION; SPLEEN RUPTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPAIN; SPLEEN; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TRAVEL;

EID: 34247135432     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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