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10797977

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
To assess epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic features of severe malaria among adults in Dakar (Senegal), we carried out a 5-year retrospective study in Infectious Diseases Ward (January 1992-December 1996). Over this period, 222 cases of severe malaria were included according to WHO definition criteria, 120 of them (54%) being adult patients. Monthly distribution of cases showed 2 peaks, on October and November. Most of the patients were males (sex-ratio = 2.1) and lived in urban area (91.7%). The mean age was 28.9 years (range = 16-73 years). Clinically, all of the cases presented with stage II coma. Association existed with convulsion (20%), severe anaemia (29.2%), renal failure (19.2%), hypoglycaemia (17.5%) and jaundice (34%). Patients were treated using quinine intravenously. Case fatality rate reached 26.7%, indicating life-threatening potential of malaria in adults living in urban area.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0049-1101
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
[Epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of severe malaria in adults in the infectious disease department of Central University Hospital of Dakar].
pubmed:affiliation
Clinique des Maladies Infectieuses CHU de Fann, Dakar.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract