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Case Reports
. 2014 Jan;46(1):63-5.
doi: 10.3109/00365548.2013.822093. Epub 2013 Aug 19.

Recurrent Plasmodium vivax malaria due to dose-dependent primaquine resistance: a case report

Kristina Langholz Kristensen  1 , Ulrik Bak Dragsted
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Recurrent Plasmodium vivax malaria due to dose-dependent primaquine resistance: a case report

Kristina Langholz Kristensen et al. Scand J Infect Dis. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

The ability of Plasmodium vivax to relapse is a challenge to its management. Primaquine is the only drug licensed for the eradication of hypnozoites. We report the case of a non-immune traveller, who required high dosage primaquine treatment to obtain radical cure of vivax malaria, emphasizing the importance of country-specific and weight-based dosing of primaquine.

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