Malaria at Johannesburg Hospital. A retrospective study.
A total of 43 patients diagnosed as having malaria were admitted to Johannesburg Hospital during 1988; 40 (94%) were infected with Plasmodium falciparum. Only 26 patients (60%) were recorded as having used prophylaxis of any kind; chloroquine alone and in combination was used as prophylaxis by 17. Patients were treated with quinine (alone or in combination) in 67% of cases. In 42% of patients chloroquine-resistant malaria was considered a possibility.
Jairam
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Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Monteagudo
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Moch
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Havlik
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013019:South Africa
D000962:Antimalarials