Rhabdomyolysis in falciparum malaria – a series of twelve cases (five children and seven adults)

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-88

  Mishra, Saroj K ^a   Pati, Sudhanshu S ^b   Mahanta, Kishore C ^a   Mohanty, Sanjib ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b ISPAT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MYOGLOBINURIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUININE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SRI LANKA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949864676     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2009.090387     Document Type: Article

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