Experiment 349636
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IM |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | KARBWANG,J: TIN,T: RIMCHALA,W: SUKONTASON,K: NAMSIRIPONGPUN,V: THANAVIBUL,A: NA-BANGCHANG,K: LAOTHAVORN,P: BUNNAG,D: HARINASUTA,T:. (1995). COMPARISON OF ARTEMETHER AND QUININE IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE FALCIPARUM MALARIA IN SOUTH-EAST THAILAND.. 89(6) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | ONE HUNDRED AND TWO THAI PTS. WITH SEVERE FALCIPARUM MALARIA (92 MALES AND 10 FEMALES) WER ALLOCATED AT RANDOM TO RECEIVE EITHER THE STD. REGIMEN OF QUININE INFUSION (52 CASES) OR I.M. ARTEMETHER (50 CASES). THE PTS IN BOTH GROUPS HAD COMPARABLE ADMISSION CLIN. AND LAB. DATA. ARTEMETHER GAVE BETTER SURVIVAL RATE (87.2% VS. 63.3%0 AND PARASITE CLEARANCE TIME (54 VS. 78H) THAN QUININE. FEVER CLEARANCE TIMES (79 H VS. 84H) AND TIME TO RECOVERY OF CONSCIOUSNESS (48 H IN BOTH GROUPS) WERE COMPARABLE. PREVIOUS TREATMENT WITH QUININE OR MEFLOQUINE HAD NO INFLUENCE ON TREATMENT OUTCOME. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |