Therapeutic efficacy of clindamycin in combination with quinine for treating uncomplicated malaria in a village dispensary in Gabon

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 917-919

  Vaillant, Michel ^a   Millet, Pascal ^a   Luty, Adrian ^a   Tshopamba, Paul ^a   Lekoulou, Faustin ^a   Mayombo, Justice ^a   Georges, Alain J ^a   Deloron, Philippe ^a,b  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Clindamycin; Gabon; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Quinine

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030826192     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-411.x     Document Type: Article

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