Triple artemisinin-containing combination anti-malarial treatments should be implemented now to delay the emergence of resistance: the case against
Abstract Managing multidrug resistant malaria can be problematic if currently available artemisinin-containing anti-malarial combination treatments are not used appropriately. Here, I debate that the best way to manage multidrug resistant malaria is to make best use of existing treatments and to dev...
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| author | Sanjeev Krishna |
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| description | Abstract Managing multidrug resistant malaria can be problematic if currently available artemisinin-containing anti-malarial combination treatments are not used appropriately. Here, I debate that the best way to manage multidrug resistant malaria is to make best use of existing treatments and to develop new classes of anti-malarial drugs and not to make ‘triple combination therapies’ when there is already resistance to one or more proposed components. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67e4387191e5428894934e483a7c8fc72022-12-22T02:53:58ZengBMCMalaria Journal1475-28752019-10-011811310.1186/s12936-019-2976-7Triple artemisinin-containing combination anti-malarial treatments should be implemented now to delay the emergence of resistance: the case againstSanjeev Krishna0Centre for Diagnostics and Antimicrobial Resistance, Institute for Infection & Immunity, St. George’s, University of LondonAbstract Managing multidrug resistant malaria can be problematic if currently available artemisinin-containing anti-malarial combination treatments are not used appropriately. Here, I debate that the best way to manage multidrug resistant malaria is to make best use of existing treatments and to develop new classes of anti-malarial drugs and not to make ‘triple combination therapies’ when there is already resistance to one or more proposed components.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2976-7 |
| spellingShingle | Sanjeev Krishna Triple artemisinin-containing combination anti-malarial treatments should be implemented now to delay the emergence of resistance: the case against Malaria Journal |
| title | Triple artemisinin-containing combination anti-malarial treatments should be implemented now to delay the emergence of resistance: the case against |
| title_full | Triple artemisinin-containing combination anti-malarial treatments should be implemented now to delay the emergence of resistance: the case against |
| title_fullStr | Triple artemisinin-containing combination anti-malarial treatments should be implemented now to delay the emergence of resistance: the case against |
| title_full_unstemmed | Triple artemisinin-containing combination anti-malarial treatments should be implemented now to delay the emergence of resistance: the case against |
| title_short | Triple artemisinin-containing combination anti-malarial treatments should be implemented now to delay the emergence of resistance: the case against |
| title_sort | triple artemisinin containing combination anti malarial treatments should be implemented now to delay the emergence of resistance the case against |
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