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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
False resistance after artemether–lumefantrine treatment in a falciparum malaria patient in Turkey: A case report
IDCases, Volume 18, Article e00607, Year 2019
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Introduction: Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is recommended by the World Health Organization as first-line treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. ACT treatments failures among travellers returning from Africa to non-endemic countries are considered to be caused by resistance. Case presentation: We report on a case of artemether-lumefantrine treatment failure in a Turkish traveller with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria returning from Bamako, Mali. Conclusions: Information on returning travellers, includes ensuring that the patients receive supervised treatment with the recommended dose of a quality controlled medicine, routine follow-up of all cases, assessment of adequate absorption of the drug, and/or testing the prevalence of molecular markers of drug resistance if validated, can be an important source of an early warning system for emerging resistance. © 2019 The Authors
Authors & Co-Authors
Rasmussen, Charlotte
Turkey, Ankara
Gülhane Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi
Ringwald, Pascal
Turkey, Ankara
Gülhane Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi
Artuk, Cumhur
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Statistics
Citations: 3
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00607
ISSN:
22142509
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Mali