PMID: 9171839Apr 1, 1997Paper

Responses of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum parasites to mefloquine in Nigerian children

Tropical Medicine & International Health : TM & IH
J N OkoyehG O Ogunrinde

Abstract

Thirty-three children aged 6 months to 7 years from an area with multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum strains were treated with 25 mg/kg body weight of mefloquine base as a single oral dose. They were followed-up using the modified 28-day WHO extended field test. The parasite isolates from these patients were cultured in vitro with different concentrations of mefloquine. All children were parasite-negative by day 4, and 31 remained so throughout the period of observation. Two patients who were parasitaemic on days 16 and 28 were successfully treated with a sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine combination. Parasitological and clinical responses were well correlated. The mean parasite clearance time was 65 +/- 10.2 hours. A mefloquine concentration of 64 pmol/well inhibited schizont growth and the EC50 and EC99 were 5.5 and 5.4 pmol/well (1.1 and 10.8 mumol/l blood) respectively. This indicates reduced parasite susceptibility to the drug in vitro.

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