Artemether-lumefantrine treatment failure despite adequate lumefantrine day 7 concentration in a traveller with Plasmodium falciparum malaria after returning from Tanzania.

Artemether-lumefantrine is currently first-line therapy of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in many countries. This report describes a treatment failure despite adequate drug concentrations in a traveller returning from sub-Saharan Africa. Genotyping confirmed recrudescence and suggested reduced sensit...

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Hlavní autoři: Färnert, A, Ursing, J, Tolfvenstam, T, Rono, J, Karlsson, L, Sparrelid, E, Lindegårdh, N
Médium: Journal article
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: BioMed Central 2012