title: Exchange transfusion of whole blood in the treatment of cerebral malaria.
abstract: 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.
authors: Infectious Diseases Unit, City Hospital, Edinburgh.
authors: A T
authors: AT
authors: Elder
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Croughan
authors: F E
authors: FE
authors: Boulton
authors: R P
authors: RP
authors: Brettle
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011803:Quinine