Clinical Features of Severe Malaria Associated with Death: A 13-Year Observational Study in The Gambia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Jallow, Muminatou ^a,e   Casals Pascual, Climent ^b   Ackerman, Hans ^c   Walther, Brigitte ^a   Walther, Michael ^c   Pinder, Margaret ^a   Sisay Joof, Fatou ^a   Usen, Stanley ^a   Jallow, Mariatou ^e   Abubakar, Ismaela ^a   Olaosebikan, Rasaq ^a   Jobarteh, Aminata ^a   Conway, David J ^d   Bojang, Kalifa ^a   Kwiatkowski, Dominic ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DIAZEPAM; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; PARALDEHYDE; PENICILLIN G; PHENOBARBITAL; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; HYPERLACTATEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE;

EID: 84867025145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045645     Document Type: Article

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