Azithromycin for treating uncomplicated malaria

AM van Eijk, DJ Terlouw - Cochrane database of systematic …, 2011 - cochranelibrary.com
Background To prevent the development of drug resistance, the World Health Organization
(WHO) recommends treating malaria with combination therapy. Azithromycin, an antibiotic …

Therapeutic responses to antimalarial and antibacterial drugs in vivax malaria

S Pukrittayakamee, M Imwong, S Looareesuwan… - Acta Tropica, 2004 - Elsevier
Plasmodium vivax is the most prevalent malaria infection and is an important cause of
morbidity in Central and South America and Asia. P. vivax is generally sensitive to the …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of different antimalarial drugs on gametocyte carriage in P. vivax malaria

S Pukrittayakamee, M Imwong, P Singhasivanon… - Am J Trop Med …, 2008 - Citeseer
The gametocytocidal and asexual stage activities of eight antimalarial and eight antibiotic-
containing regimens were evaluated in 349 adult patients with P. vivax malaria …

Neue Antimalaria‐Wirkstoffe

J Wiesner, R Ortmann, H Jomaa… - Angewandte …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Etwa 40% der Weltbevölkerung leben in Malariagebieten. Jährlich erkranken 300 bis 500
Millionen Menschen an Malaria, bis zu 2.5 Millionen sterben an den Krankheitsfolgen …

The plastid-derived organelle ofprotozoan human parasites asa target of established and emerging drugs

J Wiesner, F Seeber - Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Human diseases like malaria, toxoplasmosis or cryptosporidiosis are caused by intracellular
protozoan parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa and are still a major health problem …

Update on clindamycin in the management of bacterial, fungal and protozoal infections

D Guay - Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Lincomycin and clindamycin are the only members of the relatively small lincosamide
antimicrobial class marketed for use in humans. This paper only reviews data regarding …

[PDF][PDF] A double-blind, randomized study of azithromycin compared to chloroquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria in India

MW Dunne, N Singh, M Shukla, N Valecha… - American Journal of …, 2005 - academia.edu
Azithromycin has demonstrated activity in a prevention of Plasmodium vivax infection, but no
controlled treatment studies have been performed. We conducted a double-blinded trial in P …

[PDF][PDF] Randomized, controlled, double-blind trial of daily oral azithromycin in adults for the prophylaxis of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Western Thailand

DG Heppner Jr, DS Walsh, N Uthaimongkol… - American Journal of …, 2005 - academia.edu
We assessed the prophylactic efficacy of azithromycin (250 mg/day) against malaria in 276
adults in western Thailand in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. After …

Diagnosis of Mixed Plasmodium malariae and P. vivax Infection in a Development Aid Volunteer by Examination of Bone-Marrow Specimens by Real-Time PCR

C Imirzalioglu, N Soydan, M Schaller… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mixed Plasmodium malariae and P. vivax infections in humans are reported very
infrequently. The case of a 27-year-old male who sustained malaria quartana/tertiana …

Mitochondrial Ribosome as the Target for the Macrolide Antibiotic Clarithromycin in the Helminth Echinococcus multilocularis

A Mathis, P Wild, EC Boettger, CMO Kapel… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
The mitochondrial rRNA of the tapeworm species Echinococcus multilocularis carries an
adenine at sequence position 2058 (numbering according to that for Escherichia coli) of the …