Chloroquine resistant malignant subtertian malaria unmasked by systematic steroid therapy.
We report a case of a Nepalese who developed a recrudescence of malignant falciparum malaria whilst taking systemic corticosteroids. The malaria was resistant to chloroquine at the RI level, the first such case reported from BMH Dharan.
D000328:Adult; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000187:drug effects*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy
D002738:Chloroquine; D011239:Prednisolone