Severe Falciparum Malaria: Survival without Exchange Transfusion
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 41 (6) , 627-629
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1989.41.627
Abstract
A case of severe falciparum malaria with trophozoites in 71% of the patients' erythrocytes is described. The patient was treated with high dose quinine and made an uneventful recovery. Exchange transfusion was not performed.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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