Recrudescence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria contracted in Lombok, Indonesia after quinine/doxycycline and mefloquine: case report

N Z Med J. 1997 Jul 11;110(1047):255-6.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

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

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antimalarials
  • Drug Combinations
  • Phenanthrenes
  • Quinine
  • Doxycycline
  • halofantrine
  • Mefloquine