Failure of erythromycin to improve chloroquine treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Kenya.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
; 82(3): 363-5, 1988.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3068845
ABSTRACT
58 children aged 1 to 10 years who had pure Plasmodium falciparum infections acquired on the coast of Kenya were treated with chloroquine 25 mg/kg given over 3 d and erythromycin 10 mg/kg 4 times a day given for 7 d. After 4 weeks follow-up, 62% had recurrent infections and 11% failed to clear their parasitaemia (1 had an RIII pattern of resistance). Of 38 children treated with chloroquine 25 mg/kg alone, 55% had recurrences and 21% failed to clear (including 1 RIII). In vitro microtests classified 74% of isolates from initial infections and 91% of isolates from recurrent infections as resistant. Erythromycin does not improve chloroquine treatment in children with infections due to P. falciparum having low to moderate levels of chloroquine resistance.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Chloroquine
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Erythromycin
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Malaria
Limits:
Animals
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
En
Year:
1988
Type:
Article