Possible treatment failure of artemether-lumefantrine in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated falciparum malaria.
Artemisinin-combination therapies (ACTs) are recommended for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in endemic areas with multidrug resistant Plasmodium falciparum. We report a case of possible artemether-lumefantrine failure in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria imported f...
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| author | Ernestina Carla Repetto Claudio Giacomazzi Antonio Traverso |
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| description | Artemisinin-combination therapies (ACTs) are recommended for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in endemic areas with multidrug resistant Plasmodium falciparum. We report a case of possible artemether-lumefantrine failure in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria imported from Democratic Republic of Congo. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7102f0e72c0b4cbbba77f43fe5a622112025-08-20T02:50:45ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062011-10-0131e2011041e201104110.4084/mjhid.2011.041215Possible treatment failure of artemether-lumefantrine in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated falciparum malaria.Ernestina Carla Repetto0Claudio Giacomazzi1Antonio TraversoInfectious Diseases Unit, Regional Hospital, AostaMicrobiology Laboratory, Regional Hospital, AostaArtemisinin-combination therapies (ACTs) are recommended for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in endemic areas with multidrug resistant Plasmodium falciparum. We report a case of possible artemether-lumefantrine failure in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria imported from Democratic Republic of Congo.http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/323Malariadrug resistance |
| spellingShingle | Ernestina Carla Repetto Claudio Giacomazzi Antonio Traverso Possible treatment failure of artemether-lumefantrine in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated falciparum malaria. Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases Malaria drug resistance |
| title | Possible treatment failure of artemether-lumefantrine in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated falciparum malaria. |
| title_full | Possible treatment failure of artemether-lumefantrine in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated falciparum malaria. |
| title_fullStr | Possible treatment failure of artemether-lumefantrine in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated falciparum malaria. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Possible treatment failure of artemether-lumefantrine in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated falciparum malaria. |
| title_short | Possible treatment failure of artemether-lumefantrine in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated falciparum malaria. |
| title_sort | possible treatment failure of artemether lumefantrine in an italian traveler with uncomplicated falciparum malaria |
| topic | Malaria drug resistance |
| url | http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/323 |
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