Treatment of imported severe malaria with artesunate instead of quinine - more evidence needed?

Rapid and fast acting anti-malarials are essential to treat severe malaria. Quinine has been the only option for parenteral therapy until recently. While current evidence shows that intravenous artesunate is more effective than quinine in treating severe malaria in endemic countries, some questions...

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Autores principales: Cramer, Jakob P, López-Vélez, Rogelio, Burchard, Gerd D, Grobusch, Martin P, de Vries, Peter J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3224352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21899729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-256

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3224352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21899729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-256

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