Possible treatment failure of artemether-lumefantrine in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated falciparum malaria.

Abstract

<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: IT;" lang="EN-US">Artemisinin-combination therapies (ACTs) are recommended for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in endemic areas with multidrug resistant <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>. We report a case of possible artemether-lumefantrine failure in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated <em>P. falciparum </em>malaria imported from Democratic Republic of Congo.</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->

Keywords

• Malaria
• drug resistance