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Table 1 Ex vivo susceptibility of 18 Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Dakar to chloroquine (CQ), monodesethylamodiaquine (MDAQ), lumefantrine (LMF), dihydroartemisinin (DHA), quinine (QN), mefloquine (MQ), artesunate (AS), pyronardine (PND), piperaquine (PPQ) and Proveblue (PVB)

From: Plasmodium falciparum susceptibility to standard and potential anti-malarial drugs in Dakar, Senegal, during the 2013–2014 malaria season

Drug

Isolate IC 50

Resistance or reduced susceptibility

Mean

CI 95%

Min

Max

Cut-off

%

CQ

52.2 nM

29.1-93.9

6.1

346.4

77 nM

50.0

MDAQ

9.8 nM

5.5-17.4

1.9

117.1

61 nM

5.6

LMF

4.1 nM

2.1-8.1

0.61

82.9

115 nM

0

DHA

0.72 nM

0.35-1.50

0.1

5.08

12 nM

0

AS

1.35 nM

0.53-3.42

0.12

5.53

12 nM

0

QN

63.1 nM

30.9-128.7

6.2

1430

611 nM

5.6

MQ

30.1 nM

19.4-46.6

7.1

63.4

30 nM

55.6

PND

5.8 nM

3.3-10.1

0.4

19.7

ND

ND

PPQ

32.2 nM

16.5-62.8

2.5

168.0

ND

ND

PVB

5.3 nM

2.8-10.1

0.9

40.2

ND

ND

  1. Mean: geometric mean.
  2. CI 95%: 95% confidence interval.
  3. ND: not determined.