Extension of multiple drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa: report of a Central African case.
A 24-year-old Caucasian male, living in the Central African Republic, presented with fever due to Plasmodium falciparum infection, although he steadily took chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine chemoprophylaxis. Despite treatment with the same drugs at high doses, the parasitaemia persisted. Clinical and parasitological recovery was obtained by the use of quinine. Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum strains have spread in all tropical areas. Multiple drug resistance, already described in Asia, has also begun to appear in Africa.
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Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic.
Bouree
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Testa
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Delmont
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J
Quenum
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B
Georges
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AJ
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D011739:Pyrimethamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011803:Quinine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013413:Sulfadoxine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013424:Sulfanilamides / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D013424:Sulfanilamides; D013413:Sulfadoxine; D002738:Chloroquine; D011803:Quinine; D011739:Pyrimethamine