Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Animals
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Antimalarials / pharmacology
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Antimalarials / therapeutic use*
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Doxycycline / therapeutic use*
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Drug Combinations
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Drug Resistance, Multiple
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Humans
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Indonesia
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Malaria, Cerebral / drug therapy
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Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy*
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Male
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Mefloquine / therapeutic use
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Phenanthrenes / therapeutic use
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Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects*
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Quinine / pharmacology
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Quinine / therapeutic use*
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Recurrence
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Antimalarials
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Drug Combinations
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Phenanthrenes
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Quinine
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Doxycycline
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halofantrine
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Mefloquine