Malaria resistance in Guyana, South America
Carib Med J
; 49(1/2): 33-4, 1988.
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| ID: med-4515
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ABSTRACT
Two imported cases of Chloroquine-, Fansidar-, and quinine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria were diagnosed and treated in Trinidad, West Indies. The infections were cured by the administration of a multiple drug treatment regime of 45 mg Primaquine phosphate, 1.8 g sulphadoxine, 75 mg Pyrimethamine (Fansidar), and 650 mg quinine sulphate. Recrudescence has not occurred over the past 30 months. (AU)
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Malária Falciparum
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
/
Caribe ingles
/
Guyana
/
Trinidad y tobago
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Carib Med J
Ano de publicação:
1988
Tipo de documento:
Article