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Cerebral malaria in children in South Sudan: 8 years experience in 261 cases.
- Source :
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Neuro endocrinology letters [Neuro Endocrinol Lett] 2007 Jun; Vol. 28 Suppl 2, pp. 45-6. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Two hundred-sixty-one (261) cases of cerebral malaria within last 8 years from 3 tropical clinics in South Sudan were analyzed. Coma was present at 79.8% and convulsions at 25.6%. However 90.5% of children were cured. Commonest antimalarial drugs used were intravenous quinine, clindamycin, artesunate and artemeter.
- Subjects :
- Artemether
Artemisinins therapeutic use
Child, Preschool
Clindamycin therapeutic use
Comorbidity
Drug Therapy, Combination
Fever epidemiology
Humans
Infant
Malaria, Cerebral drug therapy
Malaria, Cerebral mortality
Quinine therapeutic use
Retrospective Studies
Seizures epidemiology
Sudan epidemiology
Antimalarials therapeutic use
Coma epidemiology
Malaria, Cerebral epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0172-780X
- Volume :
- 28 Suppl 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Neuro endocrinology letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17558381