Imported Malaria in the Material of the Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine: A Review of 82 Patients in the Years 2002–2014

Table 7

The drugs used in the treatment of malaria.

Medication	Route of administration		%
Quinine in total	i.v./p.o.	51	62.2
Quinine	i.v.	47	57.4
	i.v. only	21	25.6
	p.o. only	30	36.6
	Initially i.v., followed by p.o.	26	31.7
Quinine + doxycycline		46	56.1
Quinine + clindamycin		4	4.9
Quinine + doxycycline + clindamycin		2	2.4
Artemisinin derivates in total	i.v./i.m./p.o.	23	28
Artesunate	i.v.	15	18.3
	p.o.	2	2.4
Artemether + lumefantrine	p.o.	7	8.5
b-artemether	i.m.	4	4.9
Mefloquine	p.o.	1	1.2
Sulfadoxine + pyrimethamine	p.o.	1	1.2
Primaquine	p.o.	24	29.3
Atovaquone/proguanil as adjuvant to ACTs	p.o.	5	6.1
Atovaquone/proguanil + doxycycline + primaquine	p.o.	1	1.2
Atovaquone/proguanil + quinine + doxycycline	p.o.	1	1.2
Atovaquone/proguanil + artemether/lumefantrine	p.o.	1	1.2

: number of persons.