Hyperparasitaemic human Plasmodium knowlesi infection with atypical morphology in peninsular Malaysia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Wenn Chyau ^a   Chin, Pek Woon ^b   Lau, Yee Ling ^a   Chin, Lit Chein ^a   Fong, Mun Yik ^a   Yap, Chee Jiek ^b   Supramaniam, Raymond Raj ^b   Mahmud, Rohela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Medicine   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Amoeboid morphology; Hyperparasitaemia; Mainland Southeast Asian strain; Malaria; Plasmodium knowlesi; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER ENZYME; RNA 18S; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANEMIA; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; DENATURATION; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENE SEQUENCE; GIEMSA STAIN; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETHARGY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGENATION; PALLOR; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSE OXIMETRY; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SKIN DISCOLORATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTIMALARIALS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874516182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-88     Document Type: Article

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