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Unusual Presentation and Difficult to Diagnose: A Case of Malaria With Negative Thick and Thin Giemsa Stain Smear Tests

Malaria is a parasitic disease that is spread by the bite of an Anopheles mosquito carrying the infection. Microscopic analysis of thick and thin Giemsa-stained smears is the gold standard for diagnosis. If the initial test is negative, but clinical suspicion is high, further smears are required. A...

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Autores principales: Pandey, Oshna, Hona, Elisha, Shrestha, Elina, Khadka, Varsha, Ghising, Tsewang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10308142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37398749
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39675