Fansimef in the treatment of malaria
Prociv, P.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 19(4): 411
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-8291 PMID: 2675819 Document Number: 330881
A letter from P. Prociv criticising a paper by R. B. Ellis-Pegler, A. G. Fraser, and A. U. Wells ("Fansimef (Fansidar plus mefloquine) is effective treatment for imported malaria in New Zealand", Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine (1988) 18 733-734) is presented. Prociv considers that the title could suggest that Fansimef is a suitable treatment in all uncomplicated cases of imported malaria, most of which would be caused by Plasmodium vivax. He states that Fansimef should be reserved for use in chloroquine-resistant P. falciparam malaria, and is not an appropriate drug for vivax malaria, for which he advocates chloroquine. The authors accept the criticism of the title of their paper.