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Anti-bacterial activity of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: comparative in vitro study of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine, mefloquine, and azithromycin

BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is recommended for the prevention of malaria in pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa. Increasing drug resistance necessitates the urgent evaluation of alternative drugs. Currently, the most promising candidates...

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Autores principales: Capan, Mesküre, Mombo-Ngoma, Ghyslain, Makristathis, Athanasios, Ramharter, Michael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21029476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-303