Evaluation of Plasma Lactate as a Parameter for Disease Severity on Admission in Travelers with Plasmodium falciparum Malaria | Zendy

Perry J.J. van Genderen | Zendy; I.M. van der Meer | Zendy; Jelleke Consten | Zendy; P. L. C. Petit | Zendy; Tom van Gool | Zendy; D. Overbosch | Zendy

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Evaluation of Plasma Lactate as a Parameter for Disease Severity on Admission in Travelers with Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

Author(s) -

Perry J.J. van Genderen,

I.M. van der Meer,

Jelleke Consten,

P. L. C. Petit,

Tom van Gool,

D. Overbosch

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.2310/7060.2005.12504

Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , plasmodium falciparum , odds ratio , logistic regression , dipstick , cohort , immunology , gastroenterology , urine

Rapid immunochromatographic dipstick assays are used increasingly in many tropical and Western countries as a tool to diagnose Plasmodium falciparum malaria. However, these tests do not provide any information about the severity of the infection. We evaluated the usefulness of plasma lactate as a parameter for disease severity on admission in imported P. falciparum malaria.

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