2021
Persistent Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia 72 Hours after Treatment with Artemether-Lumefantrine Predicts 42-Day Treatment Failure in Mali and Burkina Faso
Beshir K, Diallo N, Somé F, Sombie S, Zongo I, Fofana B, Traore A, Dama S, Bamadio A, Traore O, Coulibaly S, Maurice O, Diarra A, Kaboré J, Kodio A, Togo A, Dara N, Coulibaly M, Dao F, Nikiema F, Compaore Y, Kabore N, Barry N, Soulama I, Sagara I, Sirima S, Ouédraogo J, Djimde A, Sutherland C. Persistent Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia 72 Hours after Treatment with Artemether-Lumefantrine Predicts 42-Day Treatment Failure in Mali and Burkina Faso. Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy 2021, 65: 10.1128/aac.00873-21. PMID: 34060901, PMCID: PMC8284475, DOI: 10.1128/aac.00873-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArtemether-lumefantrineClinical episodesFirst treatment episodeComplete parasite clearanceDrug treatment groupPlasmodium falciparum parasitemiaQuantitative PCRMalaria transmission intensityEvaluable patientsParasitological efficacyParasite clearanceTreatment failureSubmicroscopic parasitemiaTreatment episodesTreatment outcomesTreatment groupsBetter efficacyDay 42Short intervalsH posttreatmentParasitemiaRegimensPatientsBurkina FasoTransmission intensity
2007
Artemether-lumefantrine versus amodiaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Burkina Faso: a randomised non-inferiority trial
Zongo I, Dorsey G, Rouamba N, Tinto H, Dokomajilar C, Guiguemde R, Rosenthal P, Ouedraogo J. Artemether-lumefantrine versus amodiaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Burkina Faso: a randomised non-inferiority trial. The Lancet 2007, 369: 491-498. PMID: 17292769, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(07)60236-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUncomplicated falciparum malariaTreatment failureUncomplicated malariaArtemether-lumefantrineRecurrent parasitaemiaFalciparum malariaNew infectionsArtemisinin-based combination treatmentLate treatment failureEarly treatment failureNon-inferiority trialSymptomatic malariaEffective regimensPrimary endpointCombination regimensStandard dosesAvailable regimenCombination treatmentDrug susceptibilityPatientsAmodiaquineMalarial treatmentMalariaRegimensBobo-Dioulasso
1987
Surveillance of the sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine in Western Africa: value of in vivo tests using 5 and 10 mg/kg.
Baudon D, Guiguemde T, Ouedraogo J. Surveillance of the sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine in Western Africa: value of in vivo tests using 5 and 10 mg/kg. Bulletin De La Société De Pathologie Exotique 1987, 80: 469-76. PMID: 3319257.Peer-Reviewed Original Research