National Malaria Laboratory, National Department of Surveillance, Ministry of Health, Honduras.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May;88(5):850-4. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0671. Epub 2013 Mar 4.
Chloroquine (CQ) is officially used for the primary treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Honduras. In this study, the therapeutic efficacy of CQ for the treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in the municipality of Puerto Lempira, Gracias a Dios, Honduras was evaluated using the Pan American Health Organization-World Health Organization protocol with a follow-up of 28 days. Sixty-eight patients from 6 months to 60 years of age microscopically diagnosed with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria were included in the final analysis. All patients who were treated with CQ (25 mg/kg over 3 days) cleared parasitemia by day 3 and acquired no new P. falciparum infection within 28 days of follow-up. All the parasite samples sequenced for CQ resistance mutations (pfcrt) showed only the CQ-sensitive genotype (CVMNK). This finding shows that CQ remains highly efficacious for the treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in Gracias a Dios, Honduras.
氯喹(CQ)在洪都拉斯被正式用于治疗恶性疟原虫疟疾。在这项研究中,采用泛美卫生组织-世界卫生组织方案,对洪都拉斯格拉西亚斯-阿迪奥斯市波多黎各伦皮拉区的单纯性恶性疟原虫疟疾的 CQ 治疗疗效进行了评估,随访 28 天。最终分析中包括 68 名年龄在 6 个月至 60 岁之间经显微镜诊断为单纯性恶性疟原虫疟疾的患者。所有接受 CQ(3 天 25mg/kg)治疗的患者在第 3 天清除了寄生虫血症,在随访的 28 天内没有发生新的恶性疟原虫感染。对 CQ 耐药突变(pfcrt)进行测序的所有寄生虫样本均显示只有 CQ 敏感基因型(CVMNK)。这一发现表明,CQ 对洪都拉斯格拉西亚斯-阿迪奥斯市的单纯性恶性疟原虫疟疾的治疗仍然非常有效。