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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Auteurs principaux: Färnert, A, Ursing, J, Tolfvenstam, T, Rono, J, Karlsson, L, Sparrelid, E, Lindegårdh, N
Format: Journal article
Langue:English
Publié: BioMed Central 2012