[The treatment of malaria].
De behandeling van malaria.
Antimalarials
/ therapeutic use
Artemether
/ therapeutic use
Artemether, Lumefantrine Drug Combination
Artemisinins
/ therapeutic use
Chloroquine
/ therapeutic use
Drug Combinations
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Humans
Malaria
/ diagnosis
Malaria Vaccines
/ therapeutic use
Male
Netherlands
Pregnancy
Travel
Journal
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
ISSN: 1876-8784
Titre abrégé: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0400770
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
24 05 2019
24 05 2019
Historique:
entrez:
6
6
2019
pubmed:
6
6
2019
medline:
28
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In the Netherlands, approximately 200 to 300 patients are diagnosed with imported malaria every year. The symptoms of malaria are non-specific. The current gold standard for malaria diagnostics is to conduct a thick and thin blood smear. New diagnostic techniques are increasingly applied. At present, the treatment of uncomplicated malaria consists of an artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT). An alternative treatment for malaria caused by P. vivax,P. knowlesi,P. ovale and P. malariae in the Netherlands is chloroquine. Severe malaria is treated with artesunate intravenously, followed by a full three-day course of oral ACT. Uncomplicated malaria during pregnancy is treated with an ACT (e.g. artemether-lumefantrine) and severe malaria with artesunate intravenously, the latter followed by a full three-day course of oral ACT. There is currently no malaria vaccine available for travellers.
Substances chimiques
Antimalarials
0
Artemether, Lumefantrine Drug Combination
0
Artemisinins
0
Drug Combinations
0
Malaria Vaccines
0
Chloroquine
886U3H6UFF
Artemether
C7D6T3H22J
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
dut
Sous-ensembles de citation
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