Comparative efficacy of chloroquine and pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine versus artemether and pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in children
Background Large amount of data show that chloroquine and pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine (PS) as standard drugs for falciparum malaria cause resistance; for that reason new drugs or combina- tion drugs are urgently needed. Artemether is one of the new drugs. It has been studied extensively in China and S...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House
2016-10-01
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Series: | Paediatrica Indonesiana |
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Online Access: | https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/783 |