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Neopterin and procalcitonin are suitable biomarkers for exclusion of severe Plasmodium falciparum disease at the initial clinical assessment of travellers with imported malaria

BACKGROUND: Most clinicians in developed, non-malaria endemic countries have limited or no experience in making clinical assessments of malaria disease severity and subsequent decisions regarding the need for parenteral therapy or high-level monitoring in febrile patients with imported malaria. In t...

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Autores principales: te Witt, René, van Wolfswinkel, Marlies E, Petit, Pieter L, van Hellemond, Jaap J, Koelewijn, Rob, van Belkum, Alex, van Genderen, Perry JJ
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20840738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-255