title: In vivo chloroquine resistant P. falciparum in Calcutta. A case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: De
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Maity
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Hati
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D002738:Chloroquine