The efficacy of artemether (qinghaosu) in Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in Burma.
No Thumbnail Available
Date
1986-03-01
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
Seven sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistant Plasmodium falciparum infected patients and 2 patients with mixed (P. falciparum and P. vivax) infection were given Artemether. The results showed that Artemether is effective in sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistant malaria. The mean fever clearance time and parasite clearance time of patients treated with Artemether is shorter than those treated with chloroquine, quinine or sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine. In one patient with mixed infection all parasites disappeared but P. vivax reappeared on day 11 and on day 14 after two consecutive courses. In another P. vivax reappeared on day 21.
Description
The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.
Keywords
Citation
Pe Than Myint , Tin Shwe . The efficacy of artemether (qinghaosu) in Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in Burma. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 1986 Mar; 17(1): 19-22