In vivo chloroquine resistant P. falciparum in Calcutta. A case report |
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Authors: | M K De C R Maity A K Hati |
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Affiliation: | Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine. |
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Abstract: | An in vivo chloroquine resistant P. falciparum malaria case is reported from Calcutta. The resistance level being R-1. The patient responded well to pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine combination, which appears to be the drug of choice in Calcutta for choloroquine resistant P. falciparum malaria as quinine is not available. |
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