Pharmacokinetics and Ex Vivo Pharmacodynamic Antimalarial Activity of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine in Patients with Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria in Vietnam
Pharmacokinetics and Ex Vivo Pharmacodynamic Antimalarial Activity of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine in Patients with Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria in Vietnam
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DOI:
10.1128/aac.01717-08
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发表时间:
2009-08-01
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Edstein, Michael D.
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作者:
Dao Van Hoang Nguyen;Quoc Phuc Nguyen;Edstein, Michael D.
Compared to healthy subjects, malaria patients show a reduction in the mean oral clearance (1.19 versus 5.87 liters/h/kg of body weight) and apparent volume of distribution (1.47 versus 8.02 liters/kg) of dihydroartemisinin in Vietnamese patients following treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (Artekin) for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum. Dihydroartemisinin is responsible for most of the ex vivo antimalarial activity of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine.