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6336796

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
A 48-year-old physician, who was not undergoing malaria chemoprophylaxis, contracted Plasmodium falciparum while working in eastern Thailand. In the hospital, he had a peak parasitemia of 72% RBCs infected, associated with CNS dysfunction. As an adjunct to chemotherapy, a double-volume whole-blood exchange transfusion was performed on the first hospital day, dropping the parasitemia to less than 1% within 32 hours. The patient's clinical condition improved, with a prompt reversal of CNS, hepatic, and renal complications. These results, combined with those in previously reported cases, suggest that exchange transfusion should be considered more generally as a life-saving procedure in P falciparum infections.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0098-7484
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
249
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
244-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Fulminant Plasmodium falciparum infection treated with exchange blood transfusion.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports