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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-4-5
pubmed:abstractText
Plasmodium falciparum in-vitro susceptibility to chloroquine (CQ), monodesethylamodiaquine, quinine and dihydroartemisinin was investigated in Rwandan patients with a parasitaemia of at least >or=4000/microl. The study was carried out in November-December 2003. Dihydroartemisinin was the most potent (GM IC(50)=2.6nmol/l, 95% CI 2.2-3.2) among the drugs tested. Resistance to chloroquine was 45% (33/74) and that to monodesethylamodiaquine 7% (5/74). All the tested isolates were susceptible to quinine. The mean IC(50) of monodesethylamodiaquine, quinine and dihydroartemisinin was significantly higher for chloroquine-resistant than for chloroquine-sensitive strains (P<0.05). The IC(50) of each drug was significantly and positively correlated to that of the other three drugs (P<0.005), and this correlation was higher between CQ and monodesethylamodiaquine (r=0.8). In-vitro CQ resistance is linked to that of the other drugs tested. Most worrying is the positive correlation between the IC(50) of dihydroartemisinin and the other drugs, more particularly with CQ, suggesting an increased tolerance of the parasites to all drugs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0035-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
509-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Amodiaquine, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Antimalarials, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Artemisinins, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Child, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Chloroquine, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Drug Resistance, Multiple, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Inhibitory Concentration 50, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Malaria, Falciparum, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Plasmodium falciparum, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Quinine, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Rwanda, pubmed-meshheading:16337665-Sesquiterpenes
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
In-vitro susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to monodesethylamodiaquine, dihydroartemisinin and quinine in an area of high chloroquine resistance in Rwanda.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé/Centre Muraz, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. tintohalidou@yahoo.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't