Pharmacokinetics of sequential and simultaneous treatment with the combination chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in acute uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Philippines

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 584-591

  Bustos, Dorina G ^a   Lazaro, Jose Enrico ^a   Gay, Frederick ^a   Pottier, Anne ^a   Laracas, Catherine J ^a   Traore, Boubacar ^a   Diquet, Bertrand ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria; Chloroquine; Combination therapy; Pharmacokinetics; Philippines; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DEETHYLCHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

MALARIA;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; PARASITE CONTROL; PHILIPPINES; REMISSION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PHILIPPINES; PYRIMETHAMINE; RECURRENCE; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036302276     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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