| Literature DB >> 21896916 |
Nahla B Gadalla1, Ishag Adam, Salah-Eldin Elzaki, Sahar Bashir, Izdihar Mukhtar, Mary Oguike, Amal Gadalla, Fathi Mansour, David Warhurst, Badria B El-Sayed, Colin J Sutherland.
Abstract
Molecular markers for surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to current antimalarials are sorely needed. A 28-day efficacy study of artemether-lumefantrine in eastern Sudan identified 5 treatment failures among 100 evaluable patients; 9 further individuals were parasite positive by PCR during follow-up. Polymorphisms in pfatpase6 and pfmdr1 were evaluated by DNA sequencing. One individual carried parasites with a novel pfmdr1 polymorphism (F1044L). pfmdr1 gene amplification in parasites prior to treatment occurred in three individuals who had recurrent infection during follow-up.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21896916 PMCID: PMC3195064 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05102-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191