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Table 3 Association between G6PD deficiency and 28-day follow-up PCR corrected ACT efficacy

From: Plasmodium falciparum clearance with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Mali

Efficacy

Hemizygous

n (%)

Heterozygous

n (%)

Homozygous

n (%)

Normal

n (%)

Total

n (%)

Cured*

20 (100)

29 (96.6)

3 (100.0)

237 (98.02)

299 (98.03)

Failure cases

0 (0.0)

1 (3.33)

0 (0.0)

5 (1.98)

6 (1.97)

Total

20 (100)

30 (100)

3 (100)

252 (100)

305 (100)

  1. *Adequate Clinical and Parasitological Response
  2. Fisher exact test = 0.685