| pediatric plasmodium falciparium malaria: a ten-year experience from washington, dc. | from 1983 to 1992 a total of 64 children were admitted with a diagnosis of malaria to children's national medical center in washington, dc. specific etiology is available in 59 of 64. of these 59 cases 52 (88%) were caused by plasmodium falciparum. fifty-one of 52 infections were acquired in africa, 35 (67%) of these in traveling united states citizens. eleven (21%) of 52 children were initially admitted to the intensive care unit for i.v. quinidine or quinine therapy. eight (73%) of these 11 pa ... | 1994 | 7970971 |