Acute acalculous cholecystitis complicating an imported case of mixed malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Khan, Fahmi Yousef ^a   El Hiday, Abdul Haleem ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Malarial acalculous cholecystitis; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; QUININE;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; ULTRASOUND;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; QUININE;

EID: 77957332192     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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