Relapsing malaria infection acquired in Kenya.

An American physician-traveler to East Africa presented with manifestations of cerebral malaria and was treated with intravenous quinidine for chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria. He later relapsed with Plasmodium ovale infection, despite previous primaquine therapy. Treatment of chloroquine-re...

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Autores principales: Patterson, J. E., Bia, F. J., Miller, K., McPhedran, P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1987
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2590103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3300055
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Sumario:An American physician-traveler to East Africa presented with manifestations of cerebral malaria and was treated with intravenous quinidine for chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria. He later relapsed with Plasmodium ovale infection, despite previous primaquine therapy. Treatment of chloroquine-resistant malaria is discussed. The difficulty in diagnosing P. ovale infections and the predominance of this malaria species over P. vivax in East Africa are reviewed.

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