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https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/30162| Title: | Plasmodium species co-infection as a cause of treatment failure. | Authors: | Smith A.;Shortt J. ;Spelman D.;Denholm J. | Institution: | (Smith) Department of General Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW, Australia (Denholm) Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia (Denholm) Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia (Shortt) Department of Clinical Haematology, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC, Australia (Spelman) Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (Spelman) Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia | Issue Date: | 5-Oct-2012 | Copyright year: | 2011 | Publisher: | Elsevier USA (6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando FL 32862 8239, United States) | Place of publication: | United States | Publication information: | Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 9 (6) (pp 306-309), 2011. Date of Publication: November 2011. | Abstract: | We report a case of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium malariae coinfection with associated failure of clinical response to artemether + lumefantrine therapy. This case highlights the need to consider co-infection in the setting of apparent treatment failure and the impact of mixed species infection upon host dynamics and clinical presentation. Recognition of malarial co-infection is clinically important for determining appropriate therapy and preventing disease sequelae. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | DOI: | http://monash.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2011.09.006 | PubMed URL: | 22137441 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=22137441] | ISSN: | 1477-8939 | URI: | https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/30162 | Type: | Article | Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Case series or case report |
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