Chloroquine-resistant malaria in Jos, Nigeria.
A 16-year-old Nigerian boy who had lived all his life in a malaria endemic region presented with continuing fever after what would ordinarily be accepted as adequate treatment for malaria. He went on to develop cerebral malaria, recovering only after administration of quinine.
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Department of Medicine and Radiology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Plateau State, Nigeria.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000187:drug effects; D011803:Quinine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D002738:Chloroquine; D011803:Quinine