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Atovaquone/Proguanil Resistance in an Imported Malaria Case in Chile.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 29 Mar 2021
Chenet Stella M, Oyarce Alan, Fernandez Jorge, Tapia-Limonchi Rafael, Weitzel Thomas, Tejedo Juan R, Udhayakumar Venkatachalam, Jercic María Isabel, Lucchi Naomi W
Abstract excerpt
In November 2018, we diagnosed a cluster of falciparum malaria cases in three Chilean travelers returning from Nigeria. Two patients were treated with sequential intravenous artesunate plus oral atovaquone/proguanil (AP) and one with oral AP. The third patient, a 23-year-old man, presented with fever on day 29 after oral AP treatment and was diagnosed with recrudescent falciparum malaria. The patient was then...
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