Predictors of the failure of treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in children with uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-211

  Sowunmi, A ^a,b   Gbotosho, G O ^a   Fateye, B A ^a   Adedeji, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MEFLOQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 33747860025     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485906X91503     Document Type: Article

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