Possible Clinical Failure of Artemether-Lumefantrine in an Italian Traveler with Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria.

Artemisinin-combination therapies (ACTs) are recommended for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in endemic areas with multidrug resistant Plasmodium falciparum. We report a case of possible artemether-lumefantrine clinical failure in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria i...

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Autores principales: Repetto, Ernestina C., Traverso, Antonio, Giacomazzi, Claudio G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2011
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3212973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22084655
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2011.041
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Sumario:Artemisinin-combination therapies (ACTs) are recommended for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in endemic areas with multidrug resistant Plasmodium falciparum. We report a case of possible artemether-lumefantrine clinical failure in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria imported from Democratic Republic of Congo.

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