Possible treatment failure of artemether-lumefantrine in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated falciparum malaria.

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Ernestina Carla Repetto
Claudio Giacomazzi
Antonio Traverso

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Malaria, drug resistance,

Abstract

Artemisinin-combination therapies (ACTs) are recommended for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in endemic areas with multidrug resistant Plasmodium falciparum. We report a case of possible artemether-lumefantrine failure in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria imported from Democratic Republic of Congo.

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