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Intravenous Artesunate Reduces Parasite Clearance Time, Duration of Intensive Care, and Hospital Treatment in Patients With Severe Malaria in Europe: The TropNet Severe Malaria Study: Figure 1.
Author(s) -
Florian Kurth,
M. Develoux,
M. Méchain,
Jan Clerinx,
Spinello Antinori,
Ida Gjørup,
Joaquím Gascón,
Kristine Mørch,
Emanuele Nicastri,
Michael Ramharter,
Alessandro Bartoloni,
Leo G. Visser,
Thierry Rolling,
Philipp Zanger,
Guido Calleri,
Joaquín Salas-Coronas,
Henrik Nielsen,
G. JustNübling,
Andreas Neumayr,
Anna Hachfeld,
Matthias L. Schmid,
Pietro Antonini,
Peter Pongratz,
Peter Kern,
José Saraiva da Cunha,
Antoni SorianoArandes,
Mirjam Schunk,
Norbert Suttorp,
Christoph Hatz,
Thomas Zöller
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/civ575
Subject(s) - artesunate , medicine , malaria , severe malaria , quinine , intensive care unit , artemisinin , plasmodium falciparum , intensive care medicine , immunology
Intravenous artesunate improves survival in severe malaria, but clinical trial data from nonendemic countries are scarce. The TropNet severe malaria database was analyzed to compare outcomes of artesunate vs quinine treatment. Artesunate reduced parasite clearance time and duration of intensive care unit and hospital treatment in European patients with imported severe malaria.

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