First case of emergence of atovaquone-proguanil resistance in Plasmodium falciparum during treatment in a traveler in Comoros

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Jun;52(6):2283-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00282-08. Epub 2008 Apr 14.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology*
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use
  • Atovaquone / pharmacology*
  • Atovaquone / therapeutic use
  • Comoros
  • Drug Resistance* / genetics
  • France
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Male
  • Parasitic Sensitivity Tests
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / genetics
  • Proguanil / pharmacology*
  • Proguanil / therapeutic use
  • Travel*
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Proguanil
  • Atovaquone