title: Successful co-artemether (artemether-lumefantrine) clearance of falciparum malaria in a patient with severe cholera in Mozambique.
abstract: Background. Both falciparum malaria and cholera occur in Mozambique and other resource poor African countries. We report successful parasite clearance by oral co-artemether of coincidental falciparum malaria in a patient suffering severe cholera. Methods. A case report. Results. Parasite clearance was observed at day 3. Conclusions. Oral artemether is sufficiently absorbed in the face of co-existent severe cholera to effect parasitological clearance of P. falciparum. This may be of relevance in resource poor tropical settings when a malaria patient presents with a simultaneous secretory diarrhoea, and a limited drug choice is available.
authors.affiliation: SAA-Netcare Travel Clinics, P.O. Box 786692, Sandton 2146, South Africa.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toovey
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jamieson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nettleton