Artesunate-clindamycin versus quinine-clindamycin in the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1777-1784

  Ramharter, Michael ^a,b,c   Oyakhirome, Sunny ^a   Klouwenberg, Peter Klein ^a   Adégnika, Ayola A ^a,b   Agnandji, Sélidji T ^a   Missinou, Michel A ^a,b   Matsiégui, Pierre Blaise ^a,b   Mordmüller, Benjamin ^a,b   Borrmann, Steffen ^a,b   Kun, Jürgen F ^b   Lell, Bertrand ^a,b   Krishna, Sanjeev ^d   Graninger, Wolfgang ^c   Issifou, Saadou ^a,b   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b,e  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CLINDAMYCIN; FANSIDAR; QUININE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GABON; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TINNITUS; VOMITING;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; QUININE; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 20444380984     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430309     Document Type: Article

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