Concurrent chloroquine and Fansidar resistance of Plasmodium falciparum: an imported case from Gabon.
A case of concurrent chloroquine and Fandisar resistance is described in a traveller returning from Gabon. Mefloquine therapy resulted in clinical cure.
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Clinical Department, Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Schiffs-und Tropenkrankheiten, Hamburg, Germany.
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D000818:Animals; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005681:Gabon; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015767:Mefloquine; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000187:drug effects*; D011739:Pyrimethamine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011804:Quinolines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013413:Sulfadoxine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013424:Sulfanilamides / Q000494:pharmacology*
D004338:Drug Combinations; D011804:Quinolines; D013424:Sulfanilamides; C001205:fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination; D013413:Sulfadoxine; D002738:Chloroquine; D015767:Mefloquine; D011739:Pyrimethamine