Severe imported malaria in an intensive care unit: a review of 59 cases

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Santos Lurdes C, Abreu Cândida F, Xerinda Sandra M, Tavares Margarida, Lucas Raquel, Sarmento António C
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2012
• Subjects: Plasmodium falciparum; Severe malaria; Prognosis; Shock; Multi-organic dysfunction; ARDS; ICU; Fatality rate; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Traveller
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-96; https://doaj.org/article/0b52ac7e66d746a88189fac69b104760

Abstract Background 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 treatm...