Multiple episodes of Plasmodium malariae despite antimalarial treatment: "Quartana te teneat"?

Alberto Rizzo; Silvia Grosso; Ivano Faggion; Anna Gigantiello; Federica Salari; Fosca Niero; Simone Passerini; Chiara Mariani; Spinello Antinori; Maria Rita Gismondo

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2023.102671

Multiple episodes of Plasmodium malariae despite antimalarial treatment: "Quartana te teneat"?

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2023 Nov-Dec:56:102671. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2023.102671. Epub 2023 Nov 26.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bioemergencies, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco - L. Sacco Hospital, via G. B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: alberto.rizzo@unimi.it.
² Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bioemergencies, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco - L. Sacco Hospital, via G. B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: silvia.grosso@asst-fbf-sacco.it.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco - L. Sacco Hospital, via G. B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: ivano.faggion@asst-fbf-sacco.it.
⁴ Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bioemergencies, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco - L. Sacco Hospital, via G. B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: anna.gigantiello@asst-fbf-sacco.it.
⁵ Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bioemergencies, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco - L. Sacco Hospital, via G. B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: federica.salari@unimi.it.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco - L. Sacco Hospital, via G. B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: fosca.niero@asst-fbf-sacco.it.
⁷ Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco - L. Sacco Hospital, via G. B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: simone.passerini@asst-fbf-sacco.it.
⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco - L. Sacco Hospital, via G. B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: chiara.mariani@asst-fbf-sacco.it.
⁹ Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco - L. Sacco Hospital, via G. B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milano, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, via G. B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: spinello.antinori@unimi.it.
¹⁰ Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bioemergencies, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco - L. Sacco Hospital, via G. B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milano, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, via G. B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: mariarita.gismondo@unimi.it.

PMID: 38016529
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2023.102671

No abstract available

Keywords: Chloroquine; Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine; Malaria; Plasmodium malariae; Recrudescence.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Antimalarials* / therapeutic use
Artemisinins* / therapeutic use
Chloroquine / therapeutic use
Humans
Malaria, Falciparum* / drug therapy
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium malariae

Substances

Antimalarials
Chloroquine
Artemisinins