Successful co-artemether (artemether-lumefantrine) clearance of falciparum malaria in a patient with severe cholera in Mozambique.

Background. Both falciparum malaria and cholera occur in Mozambique and other resource poor African countries. We report successful parasite clearance by oral co-artemether of coincidental falciparum malaria in a patient suffering severe cholera. Methods. A case report. Results. Parasite clearance was observed at day 3. Conclusions. Oral artemether is sufficiently absorbed in the face of co-existent severe cholera to effect parasitological clearance of P. falciparum. This may be of relevance in resource poor tropical settings when a malaria patient presents with a simultaneous secretory diarrhoea, and a limited drug choice is available.