Investigations of incidence of pretreatment, drug sensitivity in vitro, and plasma levels of pyrimethamine in patients with multidrug resistant falciparum malaria following the three combination regimens of artemether/pyrimethamine

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 220-224

  Tippawangkosol, Pongsri ^a   Na Bangchang, Kesara ^a   Ubalee, Ratawan ^a   Congpuong, Kanungnit ^b   Sirichaisinthop, Jerapat ^b   Karbwang, Juntra ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SESQUITERPENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; SESQUITERPENES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THAILAND;

EID: 0033139810     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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