SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.27 número1Mathematical models to correlate molecular topology with substrate affinity of the glycine antagonist in glutamate receptorsParental origin, nondisjunction, and recombination of the extra chromosome 21 in Down syndrome: a study in a sample of the Colombian population índice de autoresíndice de assuntospesquisa de artigos
Home Pagelista alfabética de periódicos  

Serviços Personalizados

Journal

Artigo

Indicadores

Links relacionados

  • Em processo de indexaçãoCitado por Google
  • Não possue artigos similaresSimilares em SciELO
  • Em processo de indexaçãoSimilares em Google

Compartilhar


Biomédica

versão impressa ISSN 0120-4157versão On-line ISSN 2590-7379

Resumo

OSORIO, Lyda; PEREZ, Ligia del Pilar  e  GONZALEZ, Iveth J. Evaluación de la eficacia de los medicamentos antimaláricos en Tarapacá, Amazonas colombiano. Biomédica [online]. 2007, vol.27, n.1, pp.133-140. ISSN 0120-4157.

Assessment of the efficacy of antimalarial drugs in Tarapacá, in the Colombian Amazon basin Introduction. The current antimalarial drug policy in Colombia has been based on studies conducted in Antioquia and the Pacific Coast. However, the efficacy of antimalarial drugs in other endemic regions is unknown. Objective. The therapeutic efficacy of three monotherapies was assessed: amodiaquine and sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria, and chloroquine for Plasmodium vivax malaria in the municipality of Tarapacá, located in the Colombian province of Amazonas. Materials and methods. Treatment was supervised and clinical/parasitological follow-up was undertaken through a 28-day period following to World Health Organization standard protocols for subjects with a single P. falciparum or P. vivax infection. Results. Due to a decrease in malaria transmission at the time of the study, the sample size was very small. The treatment failed for two subjects who received amodiaquine, and treatment with sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine was discontinued due to a high frequency of therapeutic failures (7/8). Most subjects (18/20) with P. vivax infections showed an adequate therapeutic response. Conclusions. The use of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine in Tarapacá, and possibly in the Amazon region of Colombia, needs to be reviewed. Therapeutic efficacy studies in other endemic areas in the Amazon and Orinoco regions in Colombia are desirable but not feasible. Alternative methods such as in vitro assays or detection of molecular markers for resistance in the parasite can provide a basis for decisions concerning antimalarial drug policy for the Amazon and Orinoco regions in Colombia.

Palavras-chave : malaria; falciparum; malaria vivax [prevention & control]; drug therapy; Amazonian ecosystem; Colombia.

        · resumo em Espanhol     · texto em Espanhol     · Espanhol ( pdf )

 

Creative Commons License Todo o conteúdo deste periódico, exceto onde está identificado, está licenciado sob uma Licença Creative Commons