Table 2

Malaria treatment prescribed for patients with clinically diagnosed malaria at day 0 (n = 294; treatment regime not known for 18 individuals). SP = sulfadoxine pyrimethamine.

Treatment Regime
Total
Adult
Child


Microscopy positive
Microscopy negative
Microscopy positive
Microscopy negative

No antimalarial
112
17 (21.8%)
7 (25%)
43 (32.3%)
35 (63.6%)
Antimalarial
192
61 (78.2%)
21 (75%)
90 (67.7%)
20 (36.4%)
     Amodiaquine/SP
133
44
20
57
12
     Chloroquine
12
10
0
3
1
     Quinine
1
1
0
0
0
     Amodiaquine alone
7
0
0
6
1
     SP alone
37
6
1
24
6

Total
294
78
28
133
55

Hume et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:33   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-33