title: [Plasmodium falciparum malaria resistant to polychemotherapy. Usefulness of pathogen culture (author's transl)].
abstract: In a patients with P. falciparum malaria contracted in Thailand, the course of the disease under treatment suggested resistance to both chloroquine and pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine, as well as reduced sensitivity to quinine. This was confirmed by in vitro tests on continuous culture of the strain. Therapeutic success was obtained with a quinine-cycline combination. The problems raised by the emergence of P. Falciparum strains resistant to polychemotherapy are emphasized.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D011739:Pyrimethamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011803:Quinine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013413:Sulfadoxine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D013413:Sulfadoxine; D002738:Chloroquine; D011803:Quinine; D011739:Pyrimethamine
vernacular_title: Paludisme à Plasmodium falciparum polychimiorésistant. Intérêt de la culture de l'hématozoaire.