Article
Chloroquine resistant vivax malaria in a pregnant woman on the western border of Thailand.
Malaria journal - 5 May 2011
Rijken Marcus J, Boel Machteld E, Russell Bruce, Imwong Mallika, Leimanis Mara L, Phyo Aung Pyae, Muehlenbachs Atis, Lindegardh Niklas, McGready Rose, Rénia Laurent, Snounou Georges, Singhasivanon Pratap, Nosten François
Abstract excerpt
Chloroquine (CQ) resistant vivax malaria is spreading. In this case, Plasmodium vivax infections during pregnancy and in the postpartum period were not satisfactorily cleared by CQ, despite adequate drug concentrations. A growth restricted infant was delivered. Poor susceptibility to CQ was confirmed in-vitro and molecular genotyping was strongly suggestive of true recrudescence of P. vivax. This is the first...
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