Artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of multidrug-resistant falciparum malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 545-548

  Van Vugt, M ^a,b,c   Looareesuwan, S ^c   Wilairatana, P ^c   McGready, R ^a,c,f   Villegas, L ^a,c,d   Gathmann, I ^e   Mull, R ^e   Brockman, A ^a,c   White, N J ^a,c   Nosten, F ^a,c,f  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Ministry of Health   (Venezuela)

^e NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^f JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artemether; Artesunate; Chemotherapy; Drug resistance; Lumefantrine; Malaria; Mefloquine; Plasmodium falciparum; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; BENFLUMETOL; MEFLOQUINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; STANDARD; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033784974     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90082-8     Document Type: Article

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