Intravenous artesunate plus oral dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine or intravenous quinine plus oral quinine for optimum treatment of severe malaria: lesson learnt from a field hospital in Timika, Papua, Indonesia

Abstract Background Intravenous artesunate and its follow on full course dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine are the standard treatment for severe malaria in Indonesia. The current policy suggests that intravenous and oral quinine could be used when standard therapy is not available. Its pragmatic use of...

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Hauptverfasser:	Silvester Alexandro Sikora, Jeanne Rini Poespoprodjo, Enny Kenangalem, Daniel A. Lampah, Paulus Sugiarto, Ida Safitri Laksono, Riris Andono Ahmad, E. Elsa Herdiana Murhandarwati
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	BMC 2019-12-01
Schriftenreihe:	Malaria Journal
Schlagworte:	Severe malaria Artesunate Quinine Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine Length of stay Recurrence
Online-Zugang:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-3085-3
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