In vitro susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from gabon to chloroquine and cycloguanil.

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Pradines, B [1 ]
Mamfoumbi, MM [1 ]
Keundjian, A [1 ]
Lebeau, C [1 ]
Fusai, T [1 ]
Medang, MO [1 ]
Rogier, C [1 ]
Parzy, D [1 ]
Kombila, M [1 ]
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[1] Inst Trop Med, Serv Sante Armees, Unite Parasitol, F-13007 Marseille, France
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BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE DE PATHOLOGIE EXOTIQUE | 1999年 / 92卷 / 02期
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malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; chemosusceptibility; chloroquine-proguanil association; resistance; Libreville; Gabon; central Africa;
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The in vitro susceptibility of 91 Plasmodium falciparum isolates obtained from malaria-infected children living near Libreville (Gabon) was evaluated against chloroquine and cycloguanil (biologically active metabolite of proguanil), using an isotopic micro-drug susceptibility test In vitro resistance to chloroquine and cycloguanil was observed in 83% (35/42) and in 38% (30/78) of the patients, respectively Our data showed that 41% (16/39) of Gabonese field isolates were resistant both to chloroquine and cycloguanil. These findings are of great importance because they might indicate imminent chloroquine-proguanil failure, and there are not many affordable antimalarial drugs to replace chloroquine-proguanil combination.
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