Poor response to artesunate treatment in two patients with severe malaria on the Thai–Myanmar border
Abstract Background Malaria has declined dramatically along the Thai–Myanmar border in recent years due to malaria control and elimination programmes. However, at the same time, artemisinin resistance has spread, raising concerns about the efficacy of parenteral artesunate for the treatment of sever...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a2eb14392af24576aa5303fc0a184b42 2023-05-15T15:04:31+02:00 Poor response to artesunate treatment in two patients with severe malaria on the Thai–Myanmar border Aung Pyae Phyo Kyaw Kyaw Win Aung Myint Thu Lei Lei Swe Htike Htike Candy Beau Kanlaya Sriprawat Markus Winterberg Stephane Proux Mallika Imwong Elizabeth A. Ashley Francois Nosten 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2182-z https://doaj.org/article/a2eb14392af24576aa5303fc0a184b42 EN eng BMC http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2182-z https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875 doi:10.1186/s12936-018-2182-z 1475-2875 https://doaj.org/article/a2eb14392af24576aa5303fc0a184b42 Malaria Journal, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2018) Severe malaria Artemisinin resistance Quinine Artesunate Kelch 13 Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2182-z 2022-12-31T02:11:10Z Abstract Background Malaria has declined dramatically along the Thai–Myanmar border in recent years due to malaria control and elimination programmes. However, at the same time, artemisinin resistance has spread, raising concerns about the efficacy of parenteral artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria. Case presentation In November 2015 and April 2017, two patients were treated for severe malaria with parenteral artesunate. Quinine was added within 24 h due to an initial poor response to treatment. The first patient died within 24 h of starting treatment and the second did not clear his peripheral parasitaemia until 11 days later. Genotyping revealed artemisinin resistance Kelch-13 markers. Conclusions Reliable efficacy of artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria may no longer be assured in areas where artemisinin resistance has emerged. Empirical addition of parenteral quinine to artesunate for treatment is recommended as a precautionary measure. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Malaria Journal 17 1 |
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Severe malaria Artemisinin resistance Quinine Artesunate Kelch 13 Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Aung Pyae Phyo Kyaw Kyaw Win Aung Myint Thu Lei Lei Swe Htike Htike Candy Beau Kanlaya Sriprawat Markus Winterberg Stephane Proux Mallika Imwong Elizabeth A. Ashley Francois Nosten Poor response to artesunate treatment in two patients with severe malaria on the Thai–Myanmar border |
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Abstract Background Malaria has declined dramatically along the Thai–Myanmar border in recent years due to malaria control and elimination programmes. However, at the same time, artemisinin resistance has spread, raising concerns about the efficacy of parenteral artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria. Case presentation In November 2015 and April 2017, two patients were treated for severe malaria with parenteral artesunate. Quinine was added within 24 h due to an initial poor response to treatment. The first patient died within 24 h of starting treatment and the second did not clear his peripheral parasitaemia until 11 days later. Genotyping revealed artemisinin resistance Kelch-13 markers. Conclusions Reliable efficacy of artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria may no longer be assured in areas where artemisinin resistance has emerged. Empirical addition of parenteral quinine to artesunate for treatment is recommended as a precautionary measure. |
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Aung Pyae Phyo Kyaw Kyaw Win Aung Myint Thu Lei Lei Swe Htike Htike Candy Beau Kanlaya Sriprawat Markus Winterberg Stephane Proux Mallika Imwong Elizabeth A. Ashley Francois Nosten |
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Aung Pyae Phyo Kyaw Kyaw Win Aung Myint Thu Lei Lei Swe Htike Htike Candy Beau Kanlaya Sriprawat Markus Winterberg Stephane Proux Mallika Imwong Elizabeth A. Ashley Francois Nosten |
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Poor response to artesunate treatment in two patients with severe malaria on the Thai–Myanmar border |
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Poor response to artesunate treatment in two patients with severe malaria on the Thai–Myanmar border |
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Poor response to artesunate treatment in two patients with severe malaria on the Thai–Myanmar border |
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