摘要:A single oral dose (1.5 g) of mefloquine hydrochloride cured all of 37 patients with falciparum malaria, and a single dose of pyrimethamine (75 mg) plus sulfadoxine (1.5 g) cured 34 of 38 patients. The rates at which parasitaemia and fever abated were similar for the two regimens but mefloquine was associated with a higher incidence of gastrointestinal side effects. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (579K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 275 276 277 278 279