Clinical Factors for Severity of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Hospitalized Adults in Thailand

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Sagaki, Patrick ^a,b   Thanachartwet, Vipa ^a   Desakorn, Varunee ^a   Sahassananda, Duangjai ^a   Chamnanchanunt, Supat ^a   Chierakul, Wirongrong ^a   Pitisuttithum, Punnee ^a   Ruangkanchanasetr, Prajej ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Amudat Hospital   (Uganda)

^c PHRAMONGKUTKLAO HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ARTESUNATE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYANMAR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZONT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881511946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071503     Document Type: Article

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