Cerebral Malaria Treated with Artemisinin in the Intensive Care Unit: A Case Report

Malaria is a parasitic disease that is starting to be encountered in intensive care units (ICU) worldwide, owing to increasing globalisation. Severe malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, is characterised by cerebral malaria, acute renal failure, hypoglycaemia, severe anaemia, splenomegaly and alv...

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Main Authors: Elif Ayşe ÇİZMECİ, Nermin KELEBEK GİRGİN, Ilkay CEYLAN, Tekin TUNCEL, Oktay ALVER, Emin Halis AKALIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-03-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
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Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/819