Imported malaria: An update

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 972-980

  Nilles, Eric J ^a   Arguin, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; QUINIDINE GLUCONATE; QUININE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACIDEMIA; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANEMIA; BACKACHE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN MALARIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMAN; HYPERLACTATEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNITY; IMPORTED MALARIA; INCUBATION TIME; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALAISE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SORE THROAT; THERAPY DELAY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIMALARIALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; TRAVEL;

EID: 84863209302     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.06.016     Document Type: Review

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