| imported malaria: six cases of severe plasmodium falciparum infection in innsbruck, austria, within a period of five weeks (february/march 1999) | six patients (age, 30-76; 3 male, 3 female) with severe malaria tropica were admitted to the department of internal medicine of the innsbruck university hospital within a time period of five weeks. all patients had recently visited classical malaria regions some days before admission: five patients the sub-saharan africa and one patient thailand and vietnam. all six patients had to be treated in the intensive care unit. three patients developed an acute respiratory distress syndrome. two patient ... | 2000 | 10890138 |