Clinical experience of 17 cases of imported malaria at a Taiwan university hospital, 1999-2005

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-215

  Chung, Hsing Chun ^a   Wang, Jann Tay ^a   Sun, Hsin Yun ^a   Wang, Jiun Ling ^a   Lo, Yi Chun ^a   Sheng, Wang Huei ^a   Hsieh, Szu Min ^a   Fang, Chi Tai ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a   Chen, Yee Chun ^a   Chang, Shan Chwen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artesunate; Combination drug therapy; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOPENIA; MALARIA; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; QT PROLONGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TINNITUS; TRAVEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 34948831536     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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