Title
Efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine for uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria in Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil, 2016
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Itoh M.
Valle S.N.D.
Farias S.
Souza T.M.H.D.
Viana G.M.R.
Lucchi N.
Marchesini P.
Povoa M.
Faria E Silva Santelli A.C.
Oliveira A.M.E.D.
Publisher(s)
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Abstract
We evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) fixed-dose combination to treat uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre State, in the Amazon region of Brazil. Between December 2015 andMay 2016,we enrolled 79 patients, 5-79 years old with fever or history of fever in the previous 48 hours and P. falciparum monoinfection confirmed by microscopy. Attempts were made to provide direct observation or phone reminders for all six doses of AL, and patients were followed-up for 28 days. AL was well tolerated, with no adverse events causing treatment interruption. All but one of the 74 patients who completed the 28-day follow-up had an adequate clinical and parasitologic response = 98.6%(95%CI: 93.2-100%). We could not amplify the one isolate of the case with recurrent infection to differentiate between recrudescence and reinfection. Five (6.3%) patients demonstrated persistent asexual parasitemia on Day 3, but none met definition for early treatment failure. We found no mutations in selected kelch13 gene domains, known to be associated with artemisinin resistance in P. falciparum isolates from Day 0. These results strongly support the continued use ofAL as a first-line therapy for uncomplicatedP. falciparummalaria inAcre.Routinemonitoring of in vivo drug efficacy coupled with molecular surveillance of drug resistance markers remains critical.
Start page
88
End page
94
Volume
98
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina tropical
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85040534248
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
0002-9637
Sponsor(s)
Financial support: Funding for this evaluation was partially provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Amazon Malaria Initiative (AMI). Stella M. Chenet was supported by the American Society of Microbiology/CDC Postdoctoral Fellowship. The funding sources for this study had no role in study design, data collection, analysis, or interpretation. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USAID or the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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