| Literature DB >> 26187021 |
Florian Kurth1, Michel Develoux2, Matthieu Mechain3, Jan Clerinx4, Spinello Antinori5, Ida E Gjørup6, Joaquím Gascon7, Kristine Mørch8, Emanuele Nicastri9, Michael Ramharter10, Alessandro Bartoloni11, Leo Visser12, Thierry Rolling13, Philipp Zanger14, Guido Calleri15, Joaquín Salas-Coronas16, Henrik Nielsen17, Gudrun Just-Nübling18, Andreas Neumayr19, Anna Hachfeld20, Matthias L Schmid21, Pietro Antonini22, Peter Pongratz1, Peter Kern23, José Saraiva da Cunha24, Antoni Soriano-Arandes25, Mirjam Schunk26, Norbert Suttorp1, Christoph Hatz19, Thomas Zoller19.
Abstract
Intravenous artesunate improves survival in severe malaria, but clinical trial data from nonendemic countries are scarce. The TropNet severe malaria database was analyzed to compare outcomes of artesunate vs quinine treatment. Artesunate reduced parasite clearance time and duration of intensive care unit and hospital treatment in European patients with imported severe malaria.Entities:
Keywords: Plasmodium falciparum; artesunate; clinical study; quinine; severe malaria
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26187021 DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ575
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079