Case Report of Attenuated-Responsiveness to Coartem® in Western Kenya
Edwin Kamau, Hoseah M. Akala, Angela O. Achieng, Redemptah Yeda, Luicer A. Ingasia, Agnes C. Cheruiyot, Dennis W. Juma, Charles Okudo, Duke Omariba, Catherine Muriuki, Eunice A. Owiti, Patrick Omondi, Amos Otedo, Ben Andagalu & Bernhards Ogutu · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2014
We describe a case of attenuated-responsiveness to Artemether-Lumefantrine (AL) in western Kenya. A 4-year old patient with 14% parasitemia was treated with Coartem® but on day 7 still had 5% parasitemia. Parasite genetic profile had similar genetic polymorphism as that selected...
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10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/11141