Subacute clinical forms of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in travelers receiving chloroquine-proguanil prophylaxis

Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Jul 1;33(1):e1-2. doi: 10.1086/320872. Epub 2001 May 23.

Abstract

We have observed 4 French travelers, returning from African countries, who were not immune to malaria and were receiving chloroquine-proguanil prophylaxis, in whom the diagnosis of malaria could easily have been missed because the clinical signs were uncommon. These cases suggest that chloroquine-proguanil prophylaxis is not always effective and that travelers with unexplained symptoms should be monitored closely for malaria.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Africa
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use*
  • Chemoprevention
  • Chloroquine / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum* / diagnosis
  • Malaria, Falciparum* / prevention & control
  • Male
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Proguanil / therapeutic use*
  • Travel*

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Chloroquine
  • Proguanil