Therapeutic use of exchange transfusion in malaria.
In the case reported here, a patient with severe Plasmodium falciparum infection with 20% of erythrocytes parasitized was cured by exchange transfusion in conjunction with classical drug therapy.
D000328:Adult; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D005078:Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D011803:Quinine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011803:Quinine