TY - JOUR
T1 - Primaquine dosing errors
T2 - The human cost of a pharmaceutical anachronism
AU - Meltzer, Eyal
AU - Morrison, Lindsay
AU - Stienlauf, Shmuel
AU - Schwartz, Eli
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - Confusion between salt/base forms of primaquine may result in malaria prophylaxis failure. During 1995-2011, there were 14 malaria cases in Israel despite primaquine primary prophylaxis. In 6/14 cases, primaquine was underdosed because of confusion between salt and base forms, including two Plasmodium falciparum cases. Primaquine labeling clarification may be lifesaving.
AB - Confusion between salt/base forms of primaquine may result in malaria prophylaxis failure. During 1995-2011, there were 14 malaria cases in Israel despite primaquine primary prophylaxis. In 6/14 cases, primaquine was underdosed because of confusion between salt and base forms, including two Plasmodium falciparum cases. Primaquine labeling clarification may be lifesaving.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84936997120&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0109
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0109
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C2 - 25962769
AN - SCOPUS:84936997120
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 93
SP - 123
EP - 124
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 1
ER -
