| Autor: |
Marques MM; Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil., Costa MR, Santana Filho FS, Vieira JL, Nascimento MT, Brasil LW, Nogueira F, Silveira H, Reyes-Lecca RC, Monteiro WM, Lacerda MV, Alecrim MG |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy [Antimicrob Agents Chemother] 2014; Vol. 58 (1), pp. 342-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Oct 28. |
| DOI: |
10.1128/AAC.02279-12 |
| Abstrakt: |
Data on chloroquine (CQ)-resistant Plasmodium vivax in Latin America is limited, even with the current research efforts to sustain an efficient malaria control program in all these countries where P. vivax is endemic and where malaria still is a major public health issue. This study estimated in vivo CQ resistance in patients with uncomplicated P. vivax malaria, with use of CQ and primaquine simultaneously, in the Brazilian Amazon. Of a total of 135 enrolled subjects who accomplished the 28-day follow-up, parasitological failure was observed in 7 (5.2%) patients, in whom plasma CQ and desethylchloroquine (DCQ) concentrations were above 100 ng/dl. Univariate analysis showed that previous exposure to malaria and a higher initial mean parasitemia were associated with resistance but not with age or gender. In the multivariate analysis, only high initial parasitemia remained significant. Hemoglobin levels were similar at the beginning of the follow-up and were not associated with parasitemia. However, at day 3 and day 7, hemoglobin levels were significantly lower in patients presenting CQ resistance. The P. vivax dhfr (pvdhfr), pvmrp1, pvmdr1, and pvdhps gene mutations were not related to resistance in this small sample. P. vivax CQ resistance is already a problem in the Brazilian Amazon, which could be to some extent associated with the simultaneous report of anemia triggered by this parasite, a common complication of the disease in most of the areas of endemicity. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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