Plasmodium vivax malaria presenting as acute respiratory distress syndrome: A case report

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-85

  Rahman, Ahmad Kashfi ab ^a   Sulaiman, Farah Nadiah ^a  

^a Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

acute respiratory distress syndrome; antimalarial; Malaria; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARTESUNATE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; PRIMAQUINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG EXAMINATION; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NAUSEA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIMALARIAL; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 84880407761     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049475513485733     Document Type: Article

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