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Imported tertian malaria resistant to primaquine

D J Na1, J D Han, D Y Cha

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Sun General Hospital, Dae Jeon, Korea.

Summary

Primaquine therapy can fail to prevent malaria relapses due to primaquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax strains. This case highlights resistance, not just prophylaxis failure, in malaria treatment.

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