Plasmodium vivax infection causes acute respiratory distress syndrome: A case report

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 910-913

  Gupta, Himanshu ^a   Afsal, Mohammed P ^b   Shetty, Seema M ^b   Satyamoorthy, Kapaettu ^a   Umakanth, Shashikiran ^b  

^a MANIPAL SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES   (India)

^b MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

ARDS; Malaria; PCR

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ARTESUNATE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEUKOPENIA; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, VIVAX; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 84940545977     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.6813     Document Type: Article

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