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Imported Malaria

Pediatric EM Morsels

Food and Drug Administration Approval of Artesunate for Severe Malaria: Enough to Achieve Best Practice? This is typically only widely available in endemic countries (Forgie 2022) More recently there has been a deletion in the Pfhrp 2/3 gene in some P. falciparum parasitemia , and no other defined cause of AMS (WHO 2023). Clin Microbiol Rev.

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Cholera: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

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Laboratory testing was not immediately available. The clinical picture of this patient was consistent with hypovolemic shock secondary to acute cholera infection. 16 In resource-constrained settings, rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) on stool samples offer a viable option. cholerae in stool samples before culture.