Treatment of imported severe malaria with artesunate instead of quinine - more evidence needed?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Rapid and fast acting anti-malarials are essential to treat severe malaria. Quinine has been the only option for parenteral therapy until recently. While current evidence shows that intravenous artesunate is more effective than quinine in treating severe malaria...

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Main Authors: Grobusch Martin P, Burchard Gerd D, López-Vélez Rogelio, Cramer Jakob P, de Vries Peter J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/10/1/256