Acute respiratory distress syndrome in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

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Atıf İçin Kopyala

Eryuksel E., Gun D., ODABAŞI Z., Karakurt S., Celikel T.

The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health, cilt.40, sa.6, ss.1179-82, 2009 (Scopus)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 6
• Basım Tarihi: 2009
• Dergi Adı: The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1179-82
• Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a complication of malaria infection is rare but with a very high mortality rate We report the case of a patient who developed high fever, then respiratory distress during a trip to Haiti who was admitted to our hospital and diagnosed with malaria. During recovery the patient developed ARDS in the hospital.