Acute allergic reaction to oral quinine for malarial prevention: A case report

Quinine is a classical antimalarial drug that is used worldwide. It is also used for pre-exposure of malaria before visiting to the jungle in the endemic area of malaria. In this article, the authors reported a case of acute allergic reaction to oral quinine for malarial prevention.

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Main Authors: Sora Yasri, Viroj Wiwanitkit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Acute Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221618915000906
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description Quinine is a classical antimalarial drug that is used worldwide. It is also used for pre-exposure of malaria before visiting to the jungle in the endemic area of malaria. In this article, the authors reported a case of acute allergic reaction to oral quinine for malarial prevention.
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spelling doaj.art-0105f78faaab4334bc22d78c8e2c94252022-12-21T19:09:34ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Acute Disease2221-61892016-01-0151777810.1016/j.joad.2015.05.003Acute allergic reaction to oral quinine for malarial prevention: A case reportSora Yasri0Viroj Wiwanitkit1KMT Primary Care Center, Bangkok, ThailandHainan Medical University, Haikou, ChinaQuinine is a classical antimalarial drug that is used worldwide. It is also used for pre-exposure of malaria before visiting to the jungle in the endemic area of malaria. In this article, the authors reported a case of acute allergic reaction to oral quinine for malarial prevention.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221618915000906AllergyQuinineMalariaPrevention
spellingShingle Sora Yasri
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Acute allergic reaction to oral quinine for malarial prevention: A case report
Journal of Acute Disease
Allergy
Quinine
Malaria
Prevention
title Acute allergic reaction to oral quinine for malarial prevention: A case report
title_full Acute allergic reaction to oral quinine for malarial prevention: A case report
title_fullStr Acute allergic reaction to oral quinine for malarial prevention: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Acute allergic reaction to oral quinine for malarial prevention: A case report
title_short Acute allergic reaction to oral quinine for malarial prevention: A case report
title_sort acute allergic reaction to oral quinine for malarial prevention a case report
topic Allergy
Quinine
Malaria
Prevention
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221618915000906
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