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Whole-Genome Sequencing to Evaluate the Resistance Landscape Following Antimalarial Treatment Failure With Fosmidomycin-Clindamycin.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2016
Guggisberg Ann M, Sundararaman Sesh A, Lanaspa Miguel, Moraleda Cinta, González Raquel, Mayor Alfredo, Cisteró Pau, Hutchinson David, Kremsner Peter G, Hahn Beatrice H, Bassat Quique, Odom Audrey R
Abstract excerpt
Novel antimalarial therapies are needed in the face of emerging resistance to artemisinin combination therapies. A previous study found a high cure rate in Mozambican children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria 7 days after combination treatment with fosmidomycin-clindamycin. However, 28-day cure rates were low (45.9%), owing to parasite recrudescence. We sought to identify any genetic changes...
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