Adding artesunate to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine greatly improves the treatment efficacy in children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria on the coast of Benin, West Africa.

Nahum, Alain

Adding artesunate to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine greatly improves the treatment efficacy in children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria on the coast of Benin, West Africa. [electronic resource] - Malaria journal Dec 2007 - 170 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1475-2875

10.1186/1475-2875-6-170 doi


Analysis of Variance
Anemia--chemically induced
Animals
Antimalarials--administration & dosage
Artemisinins--administration & dosage
Artesunate
Benin
Child, Preschool
Chloroquine--administration & dosage
Drug Combinations
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Fever--etiology
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Malaria, Falciparum--complications
Male
Plasmodium falciparum--drug effects
Pyrimethamine--administration & dosage
Respiratory Tract Infections--chemically induced
Sesquiterpenes--administration & dosage
Sulfadoxine--administration & dosage
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome