Randomized comparison of artemether-benflumetol and artesunate- mefloquine in treatment of multidrug-resistant falciparum malaria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 135-139

  Van Vugt, M ^a,b,c   Brockman, A ^a,c   Gemperli, B ^d   Luxemburger, C ^a,c   Gathmann, I ^d   Royce, C ^d   Slight, Thra ^a   Looareesuwan, S ^c   White, N J ^a,c,e   Nosten, F ^a,c,e  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE; BENFLUMETOL; MEFLOQUINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; THAILAND; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0031973150     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.1.135     Document Type: Article

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