Case Reports
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2011): Reviews, Articles, Case Reports and Letters

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

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Published: October 2, 2011
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Infectious Diseases, parasitology

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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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Ernestina Carla Repetto, Infectious Diseases Unit, Regional Hospital, Aosta
M.D., Infectious Diseases Unit, Regional Hospital, Aosta
Claudio Giacomazzi, Microbiology Laboratory, Regional Hospital, Aosta
M.D., Microbiology Laboratory, Regional Hospital, Aosta

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“Possible treatment failure of artemether-lumefantrine in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated falciparum malaria”. (2011) Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 3(1), p. e2011041. doi:10.4084/mjhid.2011.041.