Comparative efficacy of chloroquine and pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine versus artemether and pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in children

Background Large amount of data show that chloroquine and pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine (PS) as standard drugs for falciparum malaria cause resistance; for that reason new drugs or combina- tion drugs are urgently needed. Artemether is one of the new drugs. It has been studied extensively in China and S...

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Main Authors: Femmy Tambajong, Tonny H Rampengan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House 2016-10-01
Series:Paediatrica Indonesiana
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Online Access:https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/783