A descriptive study of 16 severe Plasmodium vivax cases from three municipalities of Colombia between 2009 and 2013

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  O'Brien, Anthony T ^a   Ramírez, Jesica F ^a   Martínez, Sandra P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Plasmodium vivax; Severe

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE; BILIRUBIN; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BLEEDING; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; JAUNDICE; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SHOCK; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CITY; COMPLICATION; MALARIA, VIVAX; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929941202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-404     Document Type: Review

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