Severe imported malaria in an intensive care unit: a review of 59 cases
Open Access
- 29 March 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 11 (1), 96
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-96
Abstract
In view of the close relationship of Portugal with African countries, particularly former Portuguese colonies, the diagnosis of malaria is not a rare thing. When a traveller returns ill from endemic areas, malaria should be the number one suspect. World Health Organization treatment guidelines recommend that adults with severe malaria should be admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU).Keywords
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