Subdoses of primaquine in overweight patients and malaria vivax relapses: report of two cases in the Federal District, Brazil Subdoses de primaquina associadas a recaídas de malária vivax em pacientes com peso elevado: relato de dois casos no Distrito Federal
Two cases of malaria by Plasmodium vivax relapsed after treatment with drugs in doses recommended by the Ministry of Health are presented. Both patients were overweight and were followed in the Federal District, an area considered free from vector transmission of the disease. Radical cure was obtain...
| Published in: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2010
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822010000600033 https://doaj.org/article/f33491149a344814a174709c50c2928e |
| Summary: | Two cases of malaria by Plasmodium vivax relapsed after treatment with drugs in doses recommended by the Ministry of Health are presented. Both patients were overweight and were followed in the Federal District, an area considered free from vector transmission of the disease. Radical cure was obtained after medication with the same drugs in weight proportional doses. São apresentados dois casos de pacientes com malária por Plasmodium vivax que apresentaram recaídas após tratamento com medicamentos em doses indicadas pelo Ministério da Saúde. Ambos os pacientes tinham pesos elevados e foram acompanhados no Distrito Federal, área considerada sem transmissão vetorial da doença. A cura radical foi obtida após medicação em dose proporcional ao peso corpóreo dos pacientes. |
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