Clinical considerations for antibiotic choices in the treatment of severe malaria

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 465-466

  Färnert, Anna ^a   Gwer, Samson ^b   Berkley, James A ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; QUININE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER; BLOOD CULTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956884003     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.06.003     Document Type: Letter

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