Short course of quinine plus a single dose of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine for Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 19-20, 2006, Pages 610-614

  Matsiegui, Pierre Biaise ^a   Missinou, Michel A ^a,b   Necek, Magdalena ^c   Issifou, Saadou ^a   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Gabon; Malaria; Quinine; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR; QUININE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846273830     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0657-3     Document Type: Article

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