Randomized comparison of quinine-clindamycin versus artesunate in the treatment of falciparum malaria in pregnancy

• Main Authors: Rose McGready, Thein Cho, Samuel, Leopoldo Villegas, Alan Brockman, Michele Van Vugt, Sornchai Looareesuwan, Nicholas J. White, François Nosten
• Other Authors: Shoklo Malaria Research Unit
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/26597
• Institution: Mahidol University

In areas where multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum (MDR-Pf) is prevalent, only quinine is known to be safe and effective in pregnant women. On the western border of Thailand, 7 days of supervised quinine (30 mg/kg daily) cures two-thirds of P. falciparum-infected women in the 2nd and 3rd trime...