Acute respiratory distress syndrome: A rare clinical presentation of pulmonary involvement in Plasmodium vivax infection

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 361-364

  Gupta, Sachin ^a   Bajwa, Sukhminder Jit Singh ^a   Singh, Amarjit ^a   Parmar, Surjit Singh ^a  

^a GIAN SAGAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84890544284     PISSN: 17556783     EISSN: 09746005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.121012     Document Type: Article

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