Publications

avoiding misdiagnosis of imported malaria: screening of emergency department samples with thrombocytopenia detects clinically unsuspected cases.	misdiagnosis of imported malaria is not uncommon and even abnormal routine laboratory tests may not trigger malaria smears. however, blind screening of all thrombocytopenic samples might be a possible way to detect clinically unsuspected malaria cases in the accident and emergency department (aed).	2003	12757689
congenital malaria in a european country.	a newborn of 26 days, born in lisbon, portugal, presented with fever, anaemia and thrombocytopaenia. she was admitted considering neonatal sepsis, but plasmodium vivax was identified in the second peripheral blood smear performed. parenteral quinine was started with good evolution. despite clinicians' unfamiliarity with congenital malaria in non-endemic areas, this diagnosis, although rare, should not be forgotten in the evaluation of newborns/infants born to women from endemic areas or with rec ...	2012	23234823