title: Imported chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax in Singapore: case report and literature review.
abstract: Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax (CRPV) infection is emerging as a clinically significant problem. Detailed travel history is crucial to the management of imported malarial cases. We report a 58-year-old business traveler who returned from Indonesia and experienced relapse due to CRPV. The epidemiology and diagnostic challenges of CRPV for travel medicine clinicians are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. pllim@post.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Poh Lian
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Ying Juan
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Mok
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Lye
authors.forename: Yee Sin
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Leo
mesh_terms: D000962:Antimalarials / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D015767:Mefloquine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012846:Singapore; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D002738:Chloroquine; D015767:Mefloquine