Imported chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax in Singapore: case report and literature review.
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.
Lim
Poh Lian
PL
Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. pllim@post.harvard.edu
Mok
Ying Juan
YJ
Lye
David C
DC
Leo
Yee Sin
YS
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
D000962:Antimalarials; D002738:Chloroquine; D015767:Mefloquine