The first case of artemisinin treatment failure of Plasmodium falciparum imported to Oman from Tanzania

J Travel Med. 2023 May 18;30(3):taac092. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taac092.

Abstract

We present the clinical and genomic epidemiological perspective of the first case of Artesunate treatment failure in an Omani citizen admitted to a hospital in Muscat who originally contracted Plasmodium falciparum malaria during travel to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials* / pharmacology
  • Antimalarials* / therapeutic use
  • Artemisinins* / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum* / drug therapy
  • Oman
  • Plasmodium falciparum
  • Tanzania
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • artemisinin
  • Artemisinins
  • Antimalarials