Hospitalization Criteria in Imported Falciparum Malaria

Imported quinine resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Sri Lanka.

Imported falciparum malaria in British troops returning from Kenya.

The objective of this study was to report on a breakthrough of Plasmodium falciparum infection following a military exercise in central Kenya and the treatment regimens used. A series of case reports are presented from the three UK hospitals involved. Among 150 British soldiers who had been on exercises for five weeks in central Kenya, taking proguanil/chloroquine anti-malarial prophylaxis, sev...

Short report: hematologic changes in acute, imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

We conducted a retrospective analysis of hematologic changes in 89 patients with imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Thirteen (15%) were anemic at presentation, 60 (67%) had thrombocytopenia, and 63% had lymphopenia. There was a significant inverse relationship between parasitemia and platelet count. Anemia is rare among patients with imported malaria, while thrombocytopenia and lymphopenia...

Severe Imported Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, France, 1996–2003

Little is known about severe imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria in industrialized countries where the disease is not endemic because most studies have been case reports or have included <200 patients. To identify factors independently associated with the severity of P. falciparum, we conducted a retrospective study using surveillance data obtained from 21,888 P. falciparum patients in Franc...

Severity of imported falciparum malaria: effect of taking antimalarial prophylaxis.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of antimalarial chemoprophylaxis and other variables on the severity of falciparum malaria. DESIGN Review of consecutive malaria cases between 1987 and 1991. SETTING The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London. SUBJECTS 250 consecutive cases of mild and 51 consecutive cases of severe falciparum malaria. RESULTS Prophylaxis was taken in 52.4% (131/250)...