Exchange transfusion of whole blood in the treatment of cerebral malaria.
A case of cerebral malaria in a young British traveller, successfully treated by exchange transfusion of whole blood, is reported and the literature regarding the use of this technique in P. falciparum malaria is briefly reviewed.
Elder
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Infectious Diseases Unit, City Hospital, Edinburgh.
Croughan
M J
MJ
Boulton
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Brettle
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D005078:Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D011803:Quinine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011803:Quinine