TREATMENT OF FALCIPARUM-MALARIA WITH HALOFANTRINE HYDROCHLORIDE IN A DRUG-RESISTANT REGION - ANALYSIS OF 54 PEDIATRIC CASES
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 70 (1) , 25-32
Abstract
54 children (mean age; 43 months), with initial parasitemia up to 1,000 Plasmodium falciparum isolates per mm3, were treated with halofantrine hydrochloride 8 mg/kg twice daily at 6 hours intervals. 35 of these 54 children had received unsuccessful chloroquine and/or quinine treatment during 15 days defore admission to the trial. Fever, which was observed in 52 of the children, and parasitemia disappeared respectively 18 hours and 37 hours after initial administration of the drug (mean values). Clinical and biological tolerance was excellent for all patients. Halofantrine is a new precious alternative for the treatment of malaria in regions with extensive multi-drug resistant strains of Plasmodium.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- EFFICACY OF MULTIPLE-DOSE HALOFANTRINE IN TREATMENT OF CHLOROQUINE-RESISTANT FALCIPARUM MALARIA IN CHILDREN IN KENYAThe Lancet, 1988
- CLINICAL TRIALS WITH HALOFANTRINE HYDROCHLORIDE IN MALAWIThe Lancet, 1988
- EFFECTIVENESS OF HALOFANTRINE IN PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM AND PLASMODIUM-VIVAX MALARIA IN A RESISTANCE AREA (FRENCH-GUYANA)1988
- EVOLUTION OF THE SENSITIVITY OF PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM TO CHLOROQUINE, QUININE AND MEFLOQUINE BETWEEN 1983 AND 1985 IN ZAIRE1986
- ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT OF DRUG-RESISTANT FALCIPARUM-MALARIA WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA1985
- EVALUATION OF ANTIMALARIAL-DRUGS IN A REGION WITH HIGH PREVALENCE OF CHLOROQUINE-RESISTANT PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM (BURUNDI, CENTRAL-AFRICA)1985