Sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine: An appropriate first-line alternative for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Ghanaian children under 5 years of age

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 577-583

  Driessen, G J A ^a   Van Kerkhoven, S ^a   Schouwenberg, B J J W ^a   Bonsu, G ^a   Verhave, J P ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Chloroquine; Drug resistance; Ghana; Malaria; Randomized trial; Sulphadoxine pyrimethamine; Treatment policy

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG RESISTANCE; MALARIA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GHANA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036305510     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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