Severe Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a tertiary care hospital, Sabah, Malaysia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1248-1255

  William, Timothy ^a   Menon, Jayaram ^a   Rajahram, Giri ^a   Chan, Leslie ^a   Ma, Gordon ^a   Donaldson, Samantha ^a   Khoo, Serena ^a   Fredrick, Charlie ^a   Jelip, Jenarun ^b   Anstey, Nicholas M ^c,d   Yeo, Tsin Wen ^c,d  

^a Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Malaysia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; QUININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHLOROQUINE; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUININE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79959911202     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid.1707.101017     Document Type: Article

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