Recrudescence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria contracted in Lombok, Indonesia after quinine/doxycycline and mefloquine: case report
Tish, K.N.; Pillans, P.I.
New Zealand Medical Journal 110(1047): 255-256
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-8446 PMID: 9251712 Document Number: 479476
A patient is reported who contracted Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Lombok, Indonesia. The infection recrudesced after quinine/doxycycline and mefloquine. Treatment with halofantrine was successful after he developed cerebral malaria with recovery.
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