Plasmodium species co-infection as a cause of treatment failure

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 306-309

  Smith, A ^a   Denholm, J ^b,c   Shortt, J ^d   Spelman, D ^e,f  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co infection; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium malariae; Travel medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; QUININE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MALAISE; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; TRAVEL; UGANDA;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; AUSTRALIA; COINFECTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINES; FLUORENES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA;

EID: 82755194753     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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