Artesunate for severe acute Plasmodium falciparum infection in a patient with myasthenia gravis.

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Published in Am J Trop Med Hyg on July 23, 2012

Authors

Nathalie Dournon1, Pierre Buffet, Eric Caumes, Bernard Clair, Stéphane Jauréguiberry

Author Affiliations

1: Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Parasitology and Mycology Unit, and French National Center for Metropolitan Malaria, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France. na_dournon@hotmail.com

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