Piperaquine concentration and malaria treatment outcomes in Ugandan children treated for severe malaria with intravenous Artesunate or quinine plus Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine

Abstract Background Treatment for severe malaria must be prompt with effective parenteral antimalarial drugs for at least 24 h to achieve fast parasite clearance, and when the patient can tolerate oral therapy, treatment should be completed with effective artemisinin based combination therapy (ACT)...

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Main Authors: Pauline Byakika-Kibwika, Ronald Ssenyonga, Mohammed Lamorde, Daniel Blessborn, Joel Tarning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4647-2