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ArticleInfection2019

Five cases of Plasmodium vivax malaria treated with artemisinin derivatives: the advantages of a unified approach to treatment.

Angela Corpolongo, Raffaella Pisapia, Alessandra Oliva, Maria Letizia Giancola, Paola Mencarini, Nazario Bevilacqua, Piero Ghirga, Andrea Mariano, Antonella Vulcano, Maria Grazia Paglia and 1 more

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Article in Infection, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Angela CorpolongoNational Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Via Portuense, 292, 00149, Rome, Italy.
Raffaella PisapiaNational Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Via Portuense, 292, 00149, Rome, Italy. raffaella.pisapia@inmi.it.
Alessandra OlivaNational Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Via Portuense, 292, 00149, Rome, Italy.
Maria Letizia GiancolaNational Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Via Portuense, 292, 00149, Rome, Italy.
Paola MencariniNational Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Via Portuense, 292, 00149, Rome, Italy.
Nazario BevilacquaNational Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Via Portuense, 292, 00149, Rome, Italy.
Piero GhirgaNational Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Via Portuense, 292, 00149, Rome, Italy.
Andrea MarianoNational Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Via Portuense, 292, 00149, Rome, Italy.
Antonella VulcanoNational Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Via Portuense, 292, 00149, Rome, Italy.
Maria Grazia PagliaNational Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Via Portuense, 292, 00149, Rome, Italy.
Emanuele NicastriNational Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani-IRCCS, Via Portuense, 292, 00149, Rome, Italy.
Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani · IT

Funding

Ministero della Salute Ricerca Corrente
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesIn endemic countries with a high level of chloroquine resistance, Plasmodium vivax malaria is associated with high morbidity and mortality. In these areas, the dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine combination resulted in clinical response, a more rapid clearance of parasitaemia, compared to chloroquine therapies, and reduction of recrudescence or reinfection.

methodsWe describe five cases of Plasmodium vivax malaria in returning travelers treated with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine.

resultsAll patients showed the early parasite clearance and no side effects. Our preliminary results suggest that the dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine combination is effective and safe even in imported cases.

conclusionsA unified treatment policy using the artemisinin combination therapy should be adopted even in non-endemic countries and larger studies are underway to support this strategy.

Indexed as

AdultAntimalarialsArtemisininsDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansItalyMalaria, VivaxMaleMiddle AgedPrimaquineTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultAntimalarialsArtemisininsartenimolPrimaquineArtemisinin combination therapy (ACT)Chloroquine resistanceImported malariaPlasmodium vivax

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