A randomized trial of artemether-lumefantrine versus mefloquine-artesunate for the treatment of uncomplicated multi-drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum on the western border of Thailand

BACKGROUND: The use of antimalarial drug combinations with artemisinin derivatives is recommended to overcome drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum. The fixed combination of oral artemether-lumefantrine, an artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) is highly effective and well tolerated. It is the on...

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Autores principales: Hutagalung, Robert, Paiphun, Lucy, Ashley, Elizabeth A, McGready, Rose, Brockman, Alan, Thwai, Kaw L, Singhasivanon, Pratap, Jelinek, Thomas, White, Nicholas J, Nosten, François H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1261533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16179089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-4-46

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