Congenital malaria, an important differential diagnosis to consider when evaluating febrile infants of immigrant mothers

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 326-329

  Hagmann, Stefan ^a   Khanna, Kartika ^a   Niazi, Masooma ^a   Purswani, Murli ^a   Robins, Edwin B ^a  

^a BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital malaria; Immigrant health; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLOROQUINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 34249070910     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000270164.78238.7d     Document Type: Article

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