Severe and Complicated Falciparum Malaria in Italian Travelers
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Complicated falciparum malaria.
We studied 50 cases of complicated falciparum malaria in order to evaluate the different clinical presentations. Thirty five had cerebral malaria while 15 presented with extracerebral features including diarrhea and vomiting (n = 6), hepatitis (n = 4), acute renal failure (n = 3), and gastrointestinal bleeding (n = 2). These cases were treated with quinine. Mortality was higher in extracerebral...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Travel Medicine
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1195-1982,1708-8305
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1998.tb00456.x