[Malaria imported from Equatorial Guinea caused by Plasmodium falciparum probably resistant to chloroquine].
The authors present the case of a 4 year old girl affected by malaria, the latter having been imported from Equatorial Guinea. The initial treatment of the disease with adequate administration and duration of chloroquine therapy, did not impede the recurrence of the disease, once the patient seemed apparently cured. Although due to the special evolutionary circumstances it was not possible to clinically confirm the chloroquine resistant of the parasite, it is considered, to best of our knowledge, to be the first pediatric case of probable chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria imported into Spain from Western Africa.
Guerrero Vázquez
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Hospital Punta de Europa de la RASSA, Algeciras, Cádiz.
Salazar Rodríguez
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Luengo Casasola
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Garcés Ramos
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de Paz Aparicio
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Cazenave Bernal
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D000350:Africa, Central; D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013030:Spain; D014195:Travel
D002738:Chloroquine
Malaria importada de Guinea Ecuatorial por Plasmodium falciparum probablemente resistente a la cloroquina.