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Possible treatment failure of artemether-lumefantrine in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated falciparum malaria.

Author(s) -

Ernestina Repetto,

Claudio Giacomazzi,

Antonio Traverso

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 31

ISSN - 2035-3006

DOI - 10.4084/mjhid.2011.041

Subject(s) - artemether/lumefantrine , medicine , malaria , artemether , artemisinin , plasmodium falciparum , severe malaria , lumefantrine , intensive care medicine , immunology

Artemisinin-combination therapies (ACTs) are recommended for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in endemic areas with multidrug resistant Plasmodium falciparum . We report a case of possible artemether-lumefantrine clinical failure in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria imported from Democratic Republic of Congo.

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