Perinatal malaria and tuberculosis co-infection: A case report

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Thapa, Rajoo ^a   Mallick, Debkrishna ^a   Biswas, Biswajit ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Antimalarial chemotherapy; Antitubercular chemotherapy; Perinatal falciparum malaria; Perinatal tuberculosis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MEFLOQUINE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC SUCTION; GESTATION PERIOD; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERINATAL INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEPSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77949322311     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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