Plasmodium falciparum hyperparasitaemia: use of exchange transfusion in seven patients and a review of the literature.
During the last 15 years, at least 35 patients with severe falciparum malaria or babesiosis have recovered following treatment by exchange of up to 10 l of blood. In a patient treated in Manchester, a parasitaemia of 2.10 X 10(6) microliters (42 per cent) was virtually eliminated over eight hours by...
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| Formato: | Journal article |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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1990
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