Failure of combined chloroquine and high-dose primaquine therapy for Plasmodium vivax malaria acquired in Guyana, South America

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1171-1175

  Phillips, Elizabeth J ^b   Keystone, Jay S ^b   Kain, Kevin C ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DEETHYLCHLOROQUINE; HALOFANTRINE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GUYANA; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0029914139     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.5.1171     Document Type: Article

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