Therapy of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Europe: MALTHER - A prospective observational multicentre study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bouchaud, Olivier ^a   Mühlberger, Nikolai ^b   Parola, Philippe ^c   Calleri, Guido ^d   Matteelli, Alberto ^e   Peyerl Hoffmann, Gabriele ^f   Mécha, Frédéric ^a   Gautret, Philippe ^c   Clerinx, Jan ^g   Kremsner, Peter G ^h   Jelinek, Tomas ⁱ   Kaiser, Annette ^j   Beltrame, Anna ^k   Schmid, Matthias L ^l   Kern, Peter ^m   Probst, Meike ⁿ   Bartoloni, Alessandro ^o   Weinke, Thomas ^p   Grobusch, Martin P ^h,q  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c North University Hospital   (France)

^d AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e University Hospital   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ Berlin Centre for Travel and Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^k Clinica de Malattie Infettive   (Italy)

^l ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

ⁿ CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^p KLINIKUM ERNST VON BERGMANN   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Adverse events; Europe; Fever clearance time; Imported falciparum malaria; Parasite clearance time; Therapy; Treatment change; Uncomplicated

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; CYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EUROPE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARTBURN; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RASH; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREMOR; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; ATOVAQUONE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY; ETHANOLAMINES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGUANIL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862547049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-212     Document Type: Article

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