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Failure of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a traveller coming from Ethiopia

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Title
Failure of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a traveller coming from Ethiopia
Published in
Malaria Journal, November 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12936-016-1572-3
Pubmed ID
27809844
Authors

Federico Gobbi, Dora Buonfrate, Michela Menegon, Gianluigi Lunardi, Andrea Angheben, Carlo Severini, Stefania Gori, Zeno Bisoffi

Abstract

Artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) is used worldwide as the first-line treatment against uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Despite the success of ACT in reducing the global burden of malaria, the emerging of resistance to artemisinin threatens its use. This report describes the first case of failure of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PPQ) for the treatment of P. falciparum malaria diagnosed in Europe. It occurred in an Italian tourist returned from Ethiopia. She completely recovered after the DHA-PPQ treatment but 32 days after the end of therapy she had a recrudescence. The retrospective analysis indicated a correct DHA-PPQ absorption and genotyping demonstrated that the same P. falciparum strain was responsible for the both episodes. In consideration of the growing number of cases of resistance to ACT, it is important to consider a possible recrudescence, that can manifest also several weeks after treatment.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Vietnam 1 3%
Unknown 34 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 20%
Researcher 5 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 9%
Student > Bachelor 3 9%
Student > Postgraduate 2 6%
Other 3 9%
Unknown 12 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 9 26%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 14%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 3%
Social Sciences 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 15 43%

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