Comparative evaluation of efficacy and safety of artesunate-lumefantrine vs. artemether-lumefantrine fixed-dose combination in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 578-587

  Pareek, Anil ^a   Chandurkar, Nitin ^a   Srivastav, Vipul ^b   Lakhani, Jitendra ^c   Karmakar, Partha S ^d   Basu, Subrata ^d   Ray, Arnab ^d   Pednekar, Sangeeta ^e   Gupta, P B ^f   Suthar, Nilay ^g   Lakhani, Sucheta ^c  

^a Ipca Laboratories Limited   (India)

^b Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education & Research   (India)

^c Baroda Medical College   (India)

^d INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^e LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^f GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^g VS Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Artemether; Artemisinin combination therapies; Artesunate; Lumefantrine; Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE PLUS LUMEFANTRINE; HEMOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; MALARIA; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMETOCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PATIENT; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORENES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE LOAD; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84876086062     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12088     Document Type: Article

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