Treatment of severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria with quinidine gluconate: discontinuation of parenteral quinine from CDC drug service.

Abstract

CDC has recently reviewed data on the reported incidence in the United States of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and has evaluated information on the effective management of severe life-threatening infections. As a result of this review, CDC has concluded that the drug of choice in the United States for treatment of complicated P. falciparum infections is parenteral quinidine gluconate. Therefore, effective immediately, parenteral quinine dihydrochloride will no longer be available from the CDC Drug Service.

• Authors: Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Journal: MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep) Vol. 40 Issue 14 Pg. 240 (Apr 12 1991) ISSN: 0149-2195 [Print] United States
• PMID: 1848916 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antimalarials
• Quinine
• Quinidine
• quinidine gluconate

Topics

• Animals
• Antimalarials (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
• Humans
• Infusions, Intravenous
• Malaria (drug therapy)
• Plasmodium falciparum
• Quinidine (administration & dosage, analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use)
• Quinine (therapeutic use)
• United States