African trypanosomiasis in a British soldier

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 765-769

  Croft, Ashley M ^a   Kitson, Martin M ^b   Jackson, Christopher J ^b   Minton, Elizabeth J ^c   Friend, Howard M ^d  

^a Headquarters Fifth Division   (United Kingdom)

^b Vimy Barracks Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d British High Commission   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCODAMOL; FLUCLOXACILLIN; IBUPROFEN; MELARSOPROL; PENTAMIDINE; SURAMIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAWI; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; SOLDIER; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TSETSE FLY;

EID: 34447548853     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.7.765     Document Type: Article

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