PMID: 2092877Oct 1, 1990Paper

Therapeutics review: the use of parenteral drugs for falciparum malaria

The Central African Journal of Medicine
R N DavidsonS Houston

Abstract

Recent studies on the pharmacokinetics of parenteral chloroquine and quinine have resulted in safer regimens for the treatment of severe falciparum malaria. In this article we summarise these regimens, and discuss the emergence of chloroquine resistance and the implications for treatment.

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