Imported falciparum malaria among adults requiring intensive care: analysis of the literature

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Included studies

Study	Country	Time period	Study type	Number of patients
Badiaga [4]	France	1996-2002	Single centre	37^a
Blumberg [1]	South Africa	1993-1994	Single centre	23^b
Bruneel 2003 [5]	France	1988-1999	Single centre	188
Bruneel 2010 [6]	France	2000-2006	Multi centre (n = 45)	400
Gachot [7]	France	1988-1993	Single centre	40
Gonzalez [8]	Spain	1991-2007	Single centre	20^c
Khoo [9]	Singapore	1994-1997	Single centre	19^d
Marks [10]	United Kingdom	1994-2010	Single centre	124
Nüesch [11]	Switzerland	1970-1992	Multi centre (n = 2)	23
Salord [12]	France	1985-1990	Single centre	19^e
Santos [13]	Spain	1990-2011	Single centre	56^f
Schwake [14]	Germany	1996-2003	Single centre	13
Thierfelder [15]	Switzerland	1994-2004	Single centre	38^g

^aTwo paediatric cases excluded.
^bFive paediatric cases excluded where possible.
^cAt least one patient was aged under 18.
^dOne paediatric case excluded.
^eTwo paediatric cases excluded from further analyses where possible.
^fThree paediatric cases excluded from further analyses where possible.
^gAt least one patient was aged under 18 and one patient had Vivax infection: Individual patient data were not available therefore these patients could not be excluded from further analyses.

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