Malaria hidden in a patient with diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma and sickle-cell trait

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4401-4404

  Linares, María ^a,b   Albizua, Enriqueta ^a,c,d   Méndez, Darío ^a,b,f   Rubio, José M ^e   Martínez Serna, Alejandra ^b   Martínez, Miguel A ^c   Salto, Efren ^c   Puyet, Antonio ^a,b   Diez, Amalia ^a,b   Martinez López, Joaquin ^a,c   Bautista, José M ^a,b  

^a Universidad Complutense   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; QUININE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FILARIASIS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEISHMANIA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SPAIN; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 82455185039     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00911-11     Document Type: Article

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