The effect of mefloquine-sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine vs quinine on patients with complicated falciparum malaria.
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1987-06-01
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Sixty-six patients with complicated falciparum malaria (defined as anaemia, hyperpyrexia, jaundice, or more than 2% of RBC parasitised) were studied. Patients with cerebral signs and symptoms were not included in the study. Patients were randomised in pairs to receive either mefloquine 750 mg, sulfadoxine 1500 mg and pyrimethamine 75 mg (MSP) single oral dose or quinine (10 mg/kg tds X 7 days oral therapy). All the patients were admitted in hospital for 7 days and were followed on days 14, 21 and 28. All patients survived. The parasite clearance times in MSP treated patients were significantly shorter then those treated with quinine. There was no difference in fever clearance time in the two groups of patients. One patient was resistant to MSP at RII level and 5 patients were resistant at RI level. Among patients treated with quinine 3 patients were resistant at RI level.
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The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.
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Myint PT, Shwe T. The effect of mefloquine-sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine vs quinine on patients with complicated falciparum malaria. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 1987 Jun; 18(2): 223-5