Severe Plasmodium knowlesi infection with multi-organ failure imported to Germany from Thailand/Myanmar.

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Published in Malar J on November 04, 2014

Authors

Michael Seilmaier1, Wulf Hartmann, Marcus Beissner, Thomas Fenzl, Cathrine Haller, Wolfgang Guggemos, Jan Hesse, Adinda Harle, Gisela Bretzel, Stefan Sack, Clemens Wendtner, Thomas Löscher, Nicole Berens-Riha

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Haematology, Oncology, Immunology, Palliative Care, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Klinikum Schwabing, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Kölner Platz 1, 80804 Munich, Germany. michael.seilmaier@klinikum-muenchen.de.

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