In vivo chloroquine resistant P. falciparum in Calcutta. A case report.
An in vivo chloroquine resistant P. falciparum malaria case is reported from Calcutta. The resistance level being R-1. The patient responded well to pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine combination, which appears to be the drug of choice in Calcutta for choloroquine resistant P. falciparum malaria as quinine is not available.
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Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine.
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D000818:Animals; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003906:Developing Countries; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000187:drug effects*
D002738:Chloroquine