Severe Plasmodium knowlesi infection with multi-organ failure imported to Germany from Thailand/Myanmar

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Seilmaier, Michael ^a   Hartmann, Wulf ^a   Beissner, Marcus ^a   Fenzl, Thomas ^a   Haller, Cathrine ^a   Guggemos, Wolfgang ^a   Hesse, Jan ^a   Harle, Adinda ^a   Bretzel, Gisela ^a   Sack, Stefan ^a   Wendtner, Clemens ^a   Löscher, Thomas ^a   Berens Riha, Nicole ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imported malaria; Multi organ failure; Plasmodium knowlesi; Severe malaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD SMEAR; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; DETERIORATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; GAS EXCHANGE; GERMANY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYANMAR; PARASITEMIA; PH; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLEURA EFFUSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; SHOCK; SOMNOLENCE; SPLENOMEGALY; TACHYPNEA; THAILAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRAVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; MALARIA;

AGED; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 84920861216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-422     Document Type: Article

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