Trends and predictive factors for treatment failure following artemisinin-based combination therapy among children with uncomplicated malaria in Ghana: 2005-2018.

Benjamin Abuaku Nancy Odurowah Duah-Quashie Neils Ben QuashieAkosua GyasiPatricia Opoku AfriyieFelicia Owusu-AntwiAnita GhansahKeziah Laurencia MalmConstance Bart-PlangeKwadwo Ansah Koram

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)

Treatment failures for both ASAQ and AL have remained less than 5% (below WHO's threshold of 10%) in Ghana since 2005. Predictors of treatment failure that need to be considered in the management of uncomplicated malaria in the country should include type of ACT, day 3 parasitaemia, and day 1 axillary temperature of patients being treated.

Keyphrases

combination therapy
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
lymph node
young adults
plasmodium falciparum
early stage
patient reported outcomes
sentinel lymph node