Severe imported falciparum malaria among adults requiring intensive care: A retrospective study at the hospital for tropical diseases, London

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Marks, Michael E ^a   Armstrong, Margaret ^a   Suvari, Muhiddin M ^a   Batson, Steve ^b   Whitty, Christopher J M ^a   Chiodini, Peter L ^a   Bellinghan, Geoff ^b   Doherty, Justin F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; QUININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN MALARIA; COMA ACIDOSIS MALARIA SCORE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FULMINATING PURPURA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA SCORE FOR ADULT; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LONDON; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874489757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-118     Document Type: Article

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