Methemoglobinemia and adverse events in Plasmodium vivax malaria patients associated with high doses of primaquine treatment
ABSTRACT: Primaquine (PQ) is recommended to prevent relapses in patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria infection. However, treatment with PQ causes methemoglobinemia. In this study, we measured the methemoglobin (MetHB) levels in three groups of subjects who received PQ treatment at 0.58, 0.83, or 1...
- Autores:
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Carmona Fonseca, Jaime
Álvarez Sánchez, Luis Gonzalo
Maestre Buitrago, Amanda Elena
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of investigation
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2009
- Institución:
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UdeA
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/32094
- Acceso en línea:
- https://hdl.handle.net/10495/32094
- Palabra clave:
- Antimaláricos
Antimalarials
Esquema de Medicación
Drug Administration Schedule
Malaria Vivax
Malaria, Vivax
Primaquina
Primaquine
Metahemoglobinemia
Methemoglobinemia
Metahemoglobina
Methemoglobin
Resultado del Tratamiento
Treatment Outcome
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/