An unusual case of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium vivax malaria in Mumbai (Bombay), India

Drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium vivax are being reported from several parts of the world, including India. Fortunately, most P. vivax infections are relatively mild and run a benign course. An unusual case of infection with P. vivax (which was nonresponsive to chloroquine and mefloquine) and it...

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Published inAnnals of tropical medicine and parasitology Vol. 94; no. 2; pp. 189 - 190
Main Authors KSHIRSAGAR, N. A, GOGTAY, N. J, RAJGOR, D, DALVI, S. S, WAKDE, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Leeds Maney Publishing 01.03.2000
Subjects
Adolescent
Animals
Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents
Antimalarials - therapeutic use
Antiparasitic agents
Artemether
Artemisinins
Biological and medical sciences
Chloroquine - therapeutic use
Drug Combinations
Drug Resistance, Multiple
Human protozoal diseases
Humans
India
India, Bombay
Infectious diseases
Malaria
Malaria, Vivax - drug therapy
Male
Medical sciences
Mefloquine - therapeutic use
Parasitic diseases
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium vivax - drug effects
Primaquine - therapeutic use
Protozoal diseases
Pyrimethamine - therapeutic use
Sesquiterpenes - therapeutic use
Sulfadoxine - therapeutic use
Tropical medicine
Asia
India
Human
Protozoa
Antimalarial
Apicomplexa
Protozoal disease
Mefloquine
Malaria
Chloroquine
Parasitosis
Infection
Case study
Resistance
Plasmodium vivax
Chemotherapy
Treatment
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Summary:Drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium vivax are being reported from several parts of the world, including India. Fortunately, most P. vivax infections are relatively mild and run a benign course. An unusual case of infection with P. vivax (which was nonresponsive to chloroquine and mefloquine) and its implications are described below.
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ISSN:0003-4983
1364-8594
DOI:10.1080/00034980057536