How worthwhile is methylene blue as a treatment of malaria?

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2019 Jul;17(7):471-473. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2019.1634545. Epub 2019 Jun 25.

Authors

Olaf Müller¹, Guangyu Lu², Albrecht Jahn¹, Frank-Peter Mockenhaupt³

Affiliations

¹ a Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Medical School , Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.
² b Department of Preventive Medicine , Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou , China.
³ c Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health , Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin , Berlin , Germany.

PMID: 31237457
DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2019.1634545

No abstract available

Keywords: Plasmodium falciparum; malaria elimination; methylene blue; prevention of artemisinin resistance; triple therapy.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antimalarials / administration & dosage*
Antimalarials / adverse effects
Antimalarials / pharmacology
Humans
Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy*
Methylene Blue / administration & dosage*
Methylene Blue / adverse effects
Methylene Blue / pharmacology
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antimalarials
Methylene Blue