Donor-transmitted malaria after heart transplant managed successfully with artesunate

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 999-1002

  Sabe N ^a   Gonzalez Costello J ^a   Oriol, I ^a   Sanchez Salado J C ^a   Ortega, S ^b   Oliver, E ^a   Manito, N ^a   Carratala J ^a  

^a BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^b Blood and Tissue Bank   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artesunate; Erythropheresis; Heart transplant; Severe malaria; Solid organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; ARTESUNATE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CASE REPORT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSMISSION;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84920124615     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12299     Document Type: Article

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