Abstract:Background
Prompt treatment with effective antimalarials is important in the treatment of malaria.
Purpose
To assess the suitability of the first-line antimalarials in our hospital according to a proposed treatment protocol following the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines and to analyse the admissions for suspected uncomplicated malaria.
Materials and methods
We collected data from the clinical history (2008–2012): patient’s country of origin, prior prophylaxis and the time of initiation of antimal… Show more
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