Plasmodium falciparum: sensitivity in vivo to chloroquine, pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine and mefloquine in western Myanmar
Plasmodium falciparum: sensitivity in vivo to chloroquine, pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine and mefloquine in western Myanmar
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DOI:
10.1016/s0035-9203(97)90288-1
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发表时间:
1997-07-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
White, NJ
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作者:
Smithuis, FM;Monti, F;White, NJ
In Rakhine States on the western border of Myanmar, the efficacy of chloroquine (CQ) and pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine (PS), the current treatments for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in this area, was evaluated in an open comparative study of 289 patients, stratified prospectively into 3 age groups. Chloroquine treatment was associated with more rapid clinical recovery (P=0.03), but the overall cure rates were worse than for PS treatment; failure to clear parasitaemia or recrudescence within 14 d occurred in 72% (102/141) of cases treated with CQ compared to 47% (69/148) of those who received PS (P