Post-treatment haemolysis in severe imported malaria after intravenous artesunate: Case report of three patients with hyperparasitaemia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rolling, Thierry ^a   Schmiedel, Stefan ^a   Wichmann, Dominic ^a   Wittkopf, Dieter ^a   Burchard, Gerd Dieter ^a,b   Cramer, Jakob P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artesunate; Haemolysis; Reticulocytes; Severe imported malaria

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; ATOVAQUONE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; NORADRENALIN; PIPERACILLIN; PROGUANIL; SULBACTAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RETICULOCYTE;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861036975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-169     Document Type: Article

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