Concomitant bacteremia in adults with severe falciparum malaria.

Phu N. H., Day N. P. J., Tuan P. Q., Mai N. T. H., Chau T. T. H., Van Chuong L., Vinh H., Loc P. P., Sinh D. X., Hoa N. T. T., Waller D. J., Wain J., Jeyapant A., Watson J. A., Farrar J. J., Hien T. T., Parry C. M., White N. J.. (2020)

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Approximately 6% of children hospitalised with severe falciparum malaria in Africa are also bacteremic. It is therefore recommended that all children with severe malaria should receive broad spectrum antibiotics in addition to parenteral artesunate. Empirical antibiotics are not recommended currently for adults with severe malaria.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

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