Chloroquine-resistant malaria. A case report

Dini, G.C.

South African Medical Journal 70(6): 362-363

1986


ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574
PMID: 3529456
Document Number: 267644
Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria contracted in Mozambique by a patient taking correct prophylaxis is reported. The fact that misdiagnosis of malaria still occurs, the need to have intravenous quinine readily available country-wide, and the fact that a P. falciparum strain resistant to chloroquine is present across our border are stressed.

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