[Severe imported Falciparum malaria treated with artesunate]

Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 2012 Nov-Dec;70(6):733-40. doi: 10.1684/abc.2012.0761.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Falciparum malaria is a potentially deadly infectious disease, imposing a sure and fast biologic diagnosis, an early and efficient treatment. We report a case of severe imported Falciparium malaria who received artesunate, and we rewiew the different diagnostic methods of malaria as well as the clinico-biological characteristics of severe malaria. Recent data concerning malaria treatment are presented, as a pharmacokinetic study leaded during this case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials / administration & dosage
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use*
  • Artemisinins / administration & dosage
  • Artemisinins / therapeutic use*
  • Artesunate
  • Central African Republic
  • Chromatography, Affinity
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Malaria, Falciparum / diagnosis*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Travel
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Artemisinins
  • Artesunate