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

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: te Witt René, van Wolfswinkel Marlies E, Petit Pieter L, van Hellemond Jaap J, Koelewijn Rob, van Belkum Alex, van Genderen Perry JJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2010
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Eia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-255; https://doaj.org/article/c7549d42cb6f4a42923bf26e94944b96

Abstract 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 malar...