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Amodiaquine-artesunate vs artemether-lumefantrine for uncomplicated malaria in Ghanaian children: a randomized efficacy and safety trial with one year follow-up.

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BACKGROUND Artesunate-amodiaquine (AS+AQ) and artemether-lumefantrine (AM-L) are efficacious artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) regimens that have been widely adopted in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is little information on the efficacy of these regimens on subsequent episodes beyond 28

The comparative efficacies of malartin, with and without amodiaquine, in the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Buea district of Cameroon.

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The in-vivo efficacies of the artesunate malartin, alone and in combination with amodiaquine, have been assessed against uncomplicated cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria attending two treatment centres in Cameroon (the WHO/University of Buea malaria health post in Bolifamba and the University of

Efficacy and safety of artemether + lumefantrine, artesunate + sulphamethoxypyrazine-pyrimethamine and artesunate + amodiaquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine + amodiaquine in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Bangui, Central African Republic: a randomized trial.

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BACKGROUND The efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has been established. The objective of the present study was to compare the efficacy and safety in the Central African Republic (CAR) of three commercially available artemisinin-based combinations, artemether + lumefantrine (AL),

High-dose mefloquine in the treatment of multidrug-resistant falciparum malaria.

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The therapeutic efficacy and toxicity of a high-dose (25 mg/kg) mefloquine regimen (M25) and the currently recommended regimen of 15 mg/kg (M15) were compared in 199 patients with acute falciparum malaria in an area with deteriorating multidrug resistance on the Thai-Burmese border. The clinical and

[Mood disorder after malaria prophylaxis with mefloquine (two case reports)].

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BACKGROUND Mefloquine (Lariam) is the drug of choice as malaria prophylaxis for travel to chloroquine-resistant areas. Severe neuropsychiatric side effects are rare. We report two clinical cases of mood disorders: mania and a major depressive episode with psychotic characteristics in two patients

Tolerability of amodiaquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine, alone or in combination for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Rwandan adults.

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OBJECTIVE To assess the tolerability and efficacy of amodiaquine (AQ)+sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), the first-line malaria treatment in Rwanda. METHODS Randomized, double-blind trial in 2003 in Kigali town. A total of 351 adult patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria were

Antimalarial efficacy of a quantified extract of Nauclea pobeguinii stem bark in human adult volunteers with diagnosed uncomplicated falciparum malaria. Part 1: a clinical phase IIA trial.

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The aim of this phase IIA clinical trial was to assess the efficacy of an 80 % ethanolic quantified extract (containing 5.6 % strictosamide as the putative active constituent) from Nauclea pobeguinii stem bark denoted as PR 259 CT1 in a small group of adult patients diagnosed with uncomplicated

Transfusion-transmitted malaria in a kidney transplant recipient. How safe is our blood transfusion?

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A 51-year-old male patient with living, unrelated kidney transplantation in Iran in June 2001, developed Plasmodium falciparum P. falciparum infection. He was maintained on cyclosporine A, mycophenolate mofetil, and prednisone. In August 2005, he was admitted to a medical facility in the local

Tolerability and safety of artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine fixed dose combinations for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: two open-label, randomized trials in Nimba County, Liberia.

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BACKGROUND Safety surveillance of widely used artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is essential, but tolerability data in the over five years age group are largely anecdotal. METHODS Two open-label, randomized trials were conducted in Nimba County, Liberia: i) the main tolerability trial with

Opsoclonus in malaria: the first report in the literature.

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The first report in the literature of opsoclonus in malaria was presented. A 24-year-old woman had a two week history of high fever and lassitude. Physical examination revealed no specific neurological sign on admission. Ring form and gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum were found in blood smear.

[The management of therapeutic failure in a falciparum malaria patient under oral arthemether-lumefantrine therapy].

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Malaria is a parasitic infection characterized by anemia, splenomegaly and periodic fever. This infection has a tendency to cause serious complications. Falciparum malaria could occur in our country as an imported case due to increasing intercontinental travel opportunities. The World Health

Rapid in vivo detection of chloroquine resistance by the Quantitative Buffy Coat Malaria Diagnosis System.

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The use of the Giemsa-stained thick blood smear for the diagnosis of malaria has not been supplanted since the discovery of the parasite by A. Laveran in 1880. Recently, a new direct diagnosis technique, the Quantitative Buffy Coat (QBC)* Malaria Diagnosis System, has been developed. We compared

[Two cases of mixed infection of malaria diagnosed by PCR method].

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We here reported two Japanese cases of mixed infections of plasmodium species, whose DNAs were detected using the PCR test. One case was a 31 year-old male, who presented fever and fatigue, and had a travel history to Kenya, Cameroon and Indonesia. Smear test of his peripheral blood found the

Evaluation of mood profiles during malaria chemoprophylaxis: a randomized, double-blind, four-arm study.

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BACKGROUND To objectively compare the mood profiles of users of malaria chemoprophylaxis regimens (atovaquone-proguanil, chloroquine-proguanil, doxycycline, or mefloquine) in a group of nonimmune tourists to sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS In a randomized, double-blind, four-arm study with placebo

Mefloquine for malaria chemoprophylaxis 1992-1998: a review.

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Mefloquine is an orally administered blood schizontocide for the chemoprophylaxis of malaria in nonimmune travelers. New pharmacokinetic data has shown that food increases the bioavailability of mefloquine. Steady-state pharmacokinetics of weekly prophylaxis in long term travelers have shown that

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