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New emerging drug-resistant malaria

Evidence to Practice

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Authors: Viroj Wiwanitkit

Published Date October 2010 Volume 2010:3 Pages 327 - 329
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S11215

Viroj Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok Thailand
Date of preparation: 20th August 2008
Conflict of interest: None declared

Clinical question: What is the best treatment for artemisinin-resistant malaria?
Results: There is still no better treatment than the presently used artemisinin-based combination therapies. A new antimalarial drug for this problem needs to be found.
Implementation: Pitfalls to avoid when treating drug-resistant malaria:

Keywords: malaria, drug resistance




 

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