Unusual presentations of vivax malaria: A report of two cases

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-51

  Vinod, K V ^a   Talari, Keerthi ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Maya ^a   Nisar, K K ^a   Dutta, T K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Atypical manifestations; Sixth nerve palsy; Status epilepticus; Vivax malaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HISTIDINE PROTEIN 2 ANTIGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LORAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM; PRIMAQUINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD BUFFY COAT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MALARIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HANGING DROP VAPOR DIFFUSION METHOD; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTUBATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOOSE FECES; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861782245     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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