Effective treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria with azithromycin-quinine combinations: A randomized, dose-ranging study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 401-406

  Miller, R Scott ^a,b,f   Wongsrichanalai, Chansuda ^c   Buathong, Nillawan ^a,b   McDaniel, Philip ^b   Walsh, Douglas S ^d   Knirsch, Charles ^e   Ohrt, Colin ^d  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c National Institute of Public Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; QUININE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TINNITUS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; AZITHROMYCIN; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUININE;

EID: 33646000851     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.401     Document Type: Article

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