OBJECTIVE: To test the efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyremethamine (SP) monotherapy and establish the prevalence of mutations in dhfr and dhps in Brazzaville, Congo. METHOD: We recruited 97 patients aged 6-59 months with uncomplicated malaria who attended Tenrikyo public health centre. Eighty-three were followed until day 28. SP efficacy was determined by the WHO 28-day test and analysis of mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase (pfdhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (pfdhps) genes. RESULTS: There were seven (8.4%) early treatment failures, 23 late treatment failures (27.7%), nine (10.8%) late parasitological failures and 44 (53%) adequate clinical and parasitological responses (ACPR). After polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of 64 available samples, the corrected results there were 44 (68.8%) ACPR and 19 recrudescent cases (31.2%). Approximately, 97.5% of samples bore the Asn51Ile mutation, 66.2% the Cys59Arg mutation and 98.8% the Ser108Asn mutation. Mutations of dhps at positions 437 (Ala-Gly) and 436 (Ser-Ala) were found in 85% and 12.5% of samples. Quadruple mutations (pfdhfr triple mutations in codons 51, 59 and 108+ pfdhps mutation in 437) were found in 42 samples (52.5%) and associated with treatment failures. CONCLUSION: This high level of treatment failures and mutations in both genes calls for the urgent application of the new policy for malaria treatment to delay the spread of SP resistance.
OBJECTIVE: To test the efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyremethamine (SP) monotherapy and establish the prevalence of mutations in dhfr and dhps in Brazzaville, Congo. METHOD: We recruited 97 patients aged 6-59 months with uncomplicated malaria who attended Tenrikyo public health centre. Eighty-three were followed until day 28. SP efficacy was determined by the WHO 28-day test and analysis of mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase (pfdhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (pfdhps) genes. RESULTS: There were seven (8.4%) early treatment failures, 23 late treatment failures (27.7%), nine (10.8%) late parasitological failures and 44 (53%) adequate clinical and parasitological responses (ACPR). After polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of 64 available samples, the corrected results there were 44 (68.8%) ACPR and 19 recrudescent cases (31.2%). Approximately, 97.5% of samples bore the Asn51Ile mutation, 66.2% the Cys59Arg mutation and 98.8% the Ser108Asn mutation. Mutations of dhps at positions 437 (Ala-Gly) and 436 (Ser-Ala) were found in 85% and 12.5% of samples. Quadruple mutations (pfdhfr triple mutations in codons 51, 59 and 108+ pfdhps mutation in 437) were found in 42 samples (52.5%) and associated with treatment failures. CONCLUSION: This high level of treatment failures and mutations in both genes calls for the urgent application of the new policy for malaria treatment to delay the spread of SP resistance.
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