Case report: Fatal plasmodium knowlesi malaria following an atypical clinical presentation and delayed diagnosis

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-72

  Rajahram, Giri Shan ^a   Barber, Bridget E ^b   Yeo, Tsin Wen ^b   Tan, Wang Wei ^a   William, Timothy ^c  

^a Hospital Keningau   (Malaysia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CEFTRIAXONE; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOXYCYCLINE; NORADRENALIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SMEAR; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; JAUNDICE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI;

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI;

EID: 84874441864     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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