FREQUENCY OF SEVERE NEUTROPENIA ASSOCIATED WITH AMODIAQUINE PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST MALARIA

C. S.R. Hatton, C. Bunch, T. E.A. Peto, G. Pasvol, S. J. Russell, C. R.J. Singer, G. Edwards, P. Winstanley

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Abstract

6 out of 7 patients with severe neutropenia associated with the use of amodiaquine for malaria prophylaxis amodiaquine (400 mg weekly) plus proguanil (200 mg daily); 1 of these patients had also taken co-trimoxazole and another had taken sulphaguanidine. The 7th patient had taken amodiaquine alone, but at a higher dose. A retrospective analysis suggests that the frequency of severe neutropenia complicating amodiaquine taken prophylactically may be as high as 1 in 2000.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)411-414
Number of pages4
JournalThe Lancet
Volume327
Issue number8478
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 22 1986

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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