SINGLE DAY MEFLOQUINE-ARTESUNATE COMBINATION IN THE TREATMENT OF MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT FALCIPARUM-MALARIA
SINGLE DAY MEFLOQUINE-ARTESUNATE COMBINATION IN THE TREATMENT OF MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT FALCIPARUM-MALARIA
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DOI:
10.1016/0035-9203(94)90303-4
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发表时间:
1994-03-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
WHITE, NJ
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作者:
LUXEMBURGER, C;TERKUILE, FO;WHITE, NJ
The therapeutic efficacy and toxicity of a combination of low dose mefloquine (15 mg/kg) plus artesunate 10 mg/kg in one day (MA) was compared with the currently used regimen of high dose mefloquine (25 mg/kg) (MQ) in 552 patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria in an area of multi-drug resistance on the Thai-Burmese border. MA gave faster clinical and parasitological responses and prevented early treatment failure; 15 patients in the MQ group (6%) were early failures (