[PDF][PDF] Severe unresolving Plasmodium falciparum malaria following artemisinin combination therapy: Emergence of drug resistance in Saudi Arabia
I Al-Zaydani, A Al-Hakami, A Kumar… - Indian Journal of …, 2016 - drive.google.com
A 5-year-old female child presented with fever of 1-week duration after visiting a malaria
endemic zone without antimalarial prophylaxis. The patient presented with respiratory
distress, decreased level of consciousness and high-grade fever. An elevated parasitaemia
reaching 800,000/μl was observed. Antimalarial therapy was initiated with artesunate being
administered intravenous (IV) along with IV clindamycin. Contrary to the expectations, there
was no resolution of fever. Following a week of unresolved fever, the drug therapy was …
endemic zone without antimalarial prophylaxis. The patient presented with respiratory
distress, decreased level of consciousness and high-grade fever. An elevated parasitaemia
reaching 800,000/μl was observed. Antimalarial therapy was initiated with artesunate being
administered intravenous (IV) along with IV clindamycin. Contrary to the expectations, there
was no resolution of fever. Following a week of unresolved fever, the drug therapy was …
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