Fansidar resistant falciparum import to Trinidad from Tanzania
Carib Med J
; 45(2): 49-51, 1984.
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ABSTRACT
A 27 year old Tanzanian female with an acute P. falciparum malaria infection failed to respond to the recommended radical Fansidar treatment. The case is classified as RII resistance because after 7 days, parasitemia clearance was not achieved. The infection was certainly acquired in Tanzania but diagnosed and treated in a non-malarious country. This is possibly the first case of Fansidar resistant falciparum malaria found sensitive to Chloroquine. Chloroquine and Primaquine effectively eradicated the P. falciparum malaria from the patient. (AU)
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Malária Falciparum
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
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Caribe ingles
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Trinidad y tobago
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Carib Med J
Ano de publicação:
1984
Tipo de documento:
Article