Acalculous cholecystitis in a patient with Plasmodium falciparum infection after a trip to the Dominican Republic

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-102

  Salinas, A ^a   Puerta, A ^b   Olmedo, J ^b   Martinez E ^a   Blanch, Jj ^a   Mateos, F ^a   Tarraga I ^a  

^a Infectious Diseases Unit   (United States)

^b University Hospital of Albacete   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; QUININE;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUININE; TRAVEL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 67149103741     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.080241     Document Type: Article

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