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RESISTANT PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA CURED BY HIGH QUININE DOSAGE
Author(s) -
Smithurst B. A.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87633.x
Subject(s) - quinine , malaria , plasmodium falciparum , chloroquine , drug , drug resistance , medicine , virology , biology , pharmacology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology
The emergence of strains of Plasmodium falciparum malaria which are resistant to treatment with chloroquine, the drug of choice, is a problem to physicians in South‐East Asia who are treating malaria. The following case is presented to illustrate the high doses of quinine which may sometimes be required to control such an infection.