Therapy of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Europe: MALTHER; a prospective observational multicentre study

O. Bouchaud; N. Muehlberger; P. Parola; G. Calleri; A. Matteelli; G. Peyerl-Hoffmann; F. Mechai; P. Gautret; J. Clerinx; P.G. Kremsner; T. Jelinek; A. Kaiser; A. Beltrame; M. Schmid; P. Kern; M. Probst; A. Bartoloni; T. Weinke; M.P. Grobusch

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-11-212

Therapy of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Europe: MALTHER; a prospective observational multicentre study

O. Bouchaud
, N. Muehlberger
, P. Parola
, G. Calleri
, A. Matteelli
, G. Peyerl-Hoffmann
, F. Mechai
, P. Gautret
, J. Clerinx
, P.G. Kremsner
, T. Jelinek
, A. Kaiser
, A. Beltrame
, M. Schmid
, P. Kern
, M. Probst
, A. Bartoloni
, T. Weinke
, M.P. Grobusch

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BACKGROUND: Malaria continues to be amongst the most frequent infectious diseases imported to Europe. Whilst European treatment guidelines are based on data from studies carried out in endemic areas, there is a paucity of original prospective treatment data. The objective was to summarize data on treatments to harmonize and optimize treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Europe. METHODS: A prospective observational multicentre study was conducted, assessing tolerance and efficacy of treatment regimens for imported uncomplicated falciparum malaria in adults amongst European centres of tropical and travel medicine. RESULTS: Between December 2003 and 2009, 504 patients were included in 16 centres from five European countries. Eighteen treatment regimens were reported,, the top three being atovaquone-proguanil, mefloquine, and artemether-lumefantrine. Treatments significantly differed with respect to the occurrence of treatment changes (p=0.005) and adverse events (p=0.001), parasite and fever clearance times (p

Original language	English
Journal	Malaria Journal
Volume	11
Issue number	212
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
ISSN	1475-2875
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-212
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Protozoal diseases
Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum
Vectors
Mosquitoes
Anopheles
Travelers
Treatment
Prospective studies
Assessment
Tolerance
Efficacy
Atovaquone
Proguanil
Mefloquine
Artemether-lumefantrine
Quinine
Treatment regimen
Adverse effects
Clearance
Combination therapy
Europe

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Bouchaud, O., Muehlberger, N., Parola, P., Calleri, G., Matteelli, A., Peyerl-Hoffmann, G., Mechai, F., Gautret, P., Clerinx, J., Kremsner, P. G., Jelinek, T., Kaiser, A., Beltrame, A., Schmid, M., Kern, P., Probst, M., Bartoloni, A., Weinke, T., & Grobusch, M. P. (2012). Therapy of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Europe: MALTHER; a prospective observational multicentre study. Malaria Journal, 11(212), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-212

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