Table 2 Primaquine dose
From: Relapse of imported Plasmodium vivax malaria is related to primaquine dose: a retrospective study
Relapsed | Infection without | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall (n = 143) | Infection (n = 20) | relapse (n = 123) | |||||
Primaquine | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
Yes | 114 | 79.7 | 16 | 80.0 | 98 | 79.7 | |
Nil | 21 | 14.7 | 3 | 15.0 | 18 | 14.6 | |
Unknown | 8 | 5.6 | 1 | 5.0 | 7 | 5.7 | |
Primaquine dose | |||||||
Nil | 21 | 14.7 | 3 | 15.0 | 18 | 14.6 | |
Low (<420 mg) | 50 | 35.0 | 9† | 45.0 | 41† | 33.3 | |
High (≥420 mg) | 54 | 37.8 | 1† | 5.0 | 53† | 43.1 | |
Unknown | 18 | 12.6 | 7 | 35.0 | 11 | 8.9 | |
Dosage (mg) | median | (IQR) | median | (IQR) | median | (IQR) | |
315 | (210–420) | 210 | (210–315) | 315 | (210–420) | ||