Case report: Combined intravenous treatment with artesunate and quinine for severe malaria in Italy

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 274-276

  Bartoloni, Alessandro ^a   Tomasoni, Lina ^b   Bartalesi, Filippo ^a   Galli, Luisa ^c   Sani, Spartaco ^d   Veloci, Sara ^a   Zammarchi, Lorenzo ^a   Pini, Alessandro ^b   Castelli, Francesco ^b  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UO Malattie Infettive   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTESUNATE; ARTHEMETER; BENFLUMETOL; QUININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; ITALY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; DRUG COMBINATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAVEL;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ITALY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; QUININE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL;

EID: 77955648330     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0128     Document Type: Article

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