Diminished Plasmodium falciparum sensitivity to quinine exposure in vitro and in a sequential multi-drug regimen
Author(s) -
Wallis Best Plummer,
Lexley Pinto Pereira
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.03.024
Subject(s) - quinine , plasmodium falciparum , chloroquine , pharmacology , medicine , regimen , pyrimethamine , malaria , doxycycline , pharmacodynamics , drug , pharmacokinetics , antibiotics , biology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology
This preliminary study sought to investigate the response of uncomplicated falciparum infections to semi-supervised drug administration with quinine and two adjunctive schizontocidal drugs in infected patients in Guyana. Quinine and chloroquine cross-sensitivity was also assessed in vitro.
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