title: Malaria in Brent: successful treatment in the community.
abstract: 40 cases of malaria seen in an 18 month period were reviewed. The clinical diagnosis was made by the general practitioner or casualty officer in 85%, and 45% of these were treated and discharged without further referral. In an area where a high awareness of malaria exists, uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax infection can be treated safely in the community. Primaquine should be given for the exo-erythrocyte stage and patients screened for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency before this.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D007902:Length of Stay; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D010821:Physicians, Family; D010965:Plasmodium malariae / Q000254:growth & development; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014195:Travel; D006113:United Kingdom