Plasmodium falciparum resistant to fansidar

Rubis, C.; Wilson, M.; Lamont, G.; Cooke, R.

Medical Journal of Australia 1(13): 718

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0025-729X
PMID: 7024758
Document Number: 169904
A probable case of P. falciparum malaria resistant to chloroquine and Fansidar (pyrimethamine plus sulphadoxine) is reported in a student from Papua New Guinea. In vitro sensitivity tests revealed resistance to chloroquine at 4 nmol/ml and to pyrimethamine at 10 mu mol/ml.

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