| [response of plasmodium falciparum to quinine in a hospital environment in a chloroquine-resistant region. bujumbura, republic of burundi]. | plasmodium falciparum's response to quinine (7.5 g of base in 5 days) was studied in vivo in 58 adult patients hospitalized in 1985--47% presented a pernicious malaria fever three deaths were registered during treatment, two of them attributed to late hospitalization, and the third patient was struck down by a sudden acute hepatitis. three days after treatment started 89 of the patients did not present any asexual forms. at day 7, all patients responded favourably to the treatment. parasitemia l ... | 1988 | 3043139 |