Case Report

Combined Pyrimethamine-Quinine Therapy for Chloroquine-Resistant P. falciparum Infections

Authors: T. W. SHEEHY, MD, R. C. REBA, MD, G. R. PARKS, MD

Abstract

The Army has needed to face among the troops in Vietnam falciparum malaria resistant to chloroquine. Not only may the physician in the United States encounter this problem as recrudescence in a returned veteran but also in persons who may have been infected in certain areas in South America. Attention is directed to the drug combination most effective in managing this problem.

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