Intravenous artesunate plus oral dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine or intravenous quinine plus oral quinine for optimum treatment of severe malaria: lesson learnt from a field hospital in Timika, Papua, Indonesia

Intravenous artesunate plus oral dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine or intravenous quinine plus oral quinine for optimum treatment of severe malaria: lesson learnt from a field hospital in Timika, Papua, Indonesia

Abstract Background Intravenous artesunate and its follow on full course dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine are the standard treatment for severe malaria in Indonesia. The current policy suggests that intravenous and oral quinine could be used when standard therapy is not available. Its pragmatic use of...

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Main Authors: Silvester Alexandro Sikora, Jeanne Rini Poespoprodjo, Enny Kenangalem, Daniel A. Lampah, Paulus Sugiarto, Ida Safitri Laksono, Riris Andono Ahmad, E. Elsa Herdiana Murhandarwati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Severe malaria
Artesunate
Quinine
Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine
Length of stay
Recurrence
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-3085-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-3085-3

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