Genetic confirmation of quinine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria followed by postmalaria neurological syndrome in a traveler from Mozambique

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 5424-5426

  Palmieri, Fabrizio ^a   Petrosillo, Nicola ^a   Paglia, Maria Grazia ^a   Conte, Aristide ^a   Goletti, Delia ^a   Pucillo, Leopoldo Paolo ^a   Menegon, Michela ^b   Sannella, Anna ^b   Severini, Carlo ^b   Majori, Giancarlo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CARRIER PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DOXYCYCLINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2; MOLECULAR MARKER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SULFADOXINE;

ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEVER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUININE; RECURRENCE; TRAVEL;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 8644219556     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.5424-5426.2004     Document Type: Article

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