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High-dose mefloquine in the treatment of multidrug-resistant falciparum malaria.
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The therapeutic efficacy and toxicity of a high-dose (25 mg/kg) mefloquine regimen (M25) and the currently recommended regimen of 15 mg/kg (M15) were compared in 199 patients with acute falciparum malaria in an area with deteriorating multidrug resistance on the Thai-Burmese border. The clinical and parasitologic responses were significantly more rapid with M25. The incidence of treatment failures by day 7-9 was 7% for M15 and 1% for M25 (P = .03) and had increased to 40% and 9%, respectively...
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- 10.1093/infdis/166.6.1393
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- Journal:
- Journal of infectious diseases
- Volume:
- 166
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 1393-1400
- Publication date:
- 1992-12-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1537-6613
- ISSN:
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0022-1899
- Source identifiers:
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25910
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- English
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- 1992
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