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Table 3 Site wise treatment outcome and parasite clearance time with artemether-lumefantrine

From: Therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in four malaria endemic states of India

S. no.

Outcome of treatment (28 days)

MP

CG

MH

OD

Total

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

1

Primary classification

 ACPR.

103 (100)

104 (96.3)

82 (100)

63(100)

352 (98.9)

 ETF

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 LCF

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 LPF

0 (0.0)

4 (3.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (1.1)

 Loss to follow-up

0 (0.0)

4 (3.4)

0 (0.0)

4 (5.6)

8 (2.1)

 Withdrawal

2 (1.9)

5 (4.3)

0 (0.0)

5 (6.9)

12 (3.2)

 Total

105 (100)

117 (100)

82 (100)

72 (100)

376 (100)

2

Parasite clearance time (hours)

 ≤ 24

86 (83.5)

39 (36.1)

79 (96.3)

24(38.1)

228 (64.0)

 > 24–48

17 (16.5)

68(63.0)

3 (3.7)

37 (58.7)

125 (35.1)

 > 48–72

0 (0.0)

1 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

2 (3.2)

3 (0.8)

 > 72

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. ACPR adequate clinical and parasitological response, ETF early treatment failure, LCF late clinical failure, LPF late parasitological failure, MP Madhya Pradesh, CG Chhattisgarh, MH Maharashtra, OD Odisha