Malaria: revisión retrospectiva de 12 casos no autóctonos en Chile

Malaria is a protozoan infection caused by four Plasmodia species transmitted by female Anopheles mosquito. Nearly 40% of the world population is at risk of acquiring the disease because of increasing resistance to treatment, climate changes and travels to endemic zones. We report twelve patients wi...

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Autores principales:	Pérez C,Carlos, Baudrand B,René, Labarca L,Jaime, Perret P,Cecilia, Andresen H,Max, Guzmán D,Ana Mª
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2006
Materias:	Malaria Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium vivax
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language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Malaria Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium vivax
spellingShingle	Malaria Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium vivax Pérez C,Carlos Baudrand B,René Labarca L,Jaime Perret P,Cecilia Andresen H,Max Guzmán D,Ana Mª Malaria: revisión retrospectiva de 12 casos no autóctonos en Chile
description	Malaria is a protozoan infection caused by four Plasmodia species transmitted by female Anopheles mosquito. Nearly 40% of the world population is at risk of acquiring the disease because of increasing resistance to treatment, climate changes and travels to endemic zones. We report twelve patients with diagnosis of malaria, supported by the identification of parasites on blood smear. All cases had traveled to endemic zones (Peru, Ecuador, Central America, Africa), but only three used chemoprophylaxis. Seven cases were infected with Plasmodium vivax and five cases with P. falciparum. Three of latter required intensive care. All patients were treated with standard drugs according to the severity and Plasmodium specie, with excellent results and no mortality
author	Pérez C,Carlos Baudrand B,René Labarca L,Jaime Perret P,Cecilia Andresen H,Max Guzmán D,Ana Mª
author_facet	Pérez C,Carlos Baudrand B,René Labarca L,Jaime Perret P,Cecilia Andresen H,Max Guzmán D,Ana Mª
author_sort	Pérez C,Carlos
title	Malaria: revisión retrospectiva de 12 casos no autóctonos en Chile
title_short	Malaria: revisión retrospectiva de 12 casos no autóctonos en Chile
title_full	Malaria: revisión retrospectiva de 12 casos no autóctonos en Chile
title_fullStr	Malaria: revisión retrospectiva de 12 casos no autóctonos en Chile
title_full_unstemmed	Malaria: revisión retrospectiva de 12 casos no autóctonos en Chile
title_sort	malaria: revisión retrospectiva de 12 casos no autóctonos en chile
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2006
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Malaria: revisión retrospectiva de 12 casos no autóctonos en Chile

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