"Malaria Attack Upon Returning from an Endemic Area: Failure or Inadequacy of Chemoprophylaxis?."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 4th International Conference on the Prevention of Infection, held May 6-7, 1996, in Nice, France, "Objective: To evaluate the quality of antimalarial chemoprophylaxis (AMC) among patients admitted for a malaria attack upon returning from an endemic area. Methods: All the patients admitted to the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department in 1995 were included in the survey. A case history focusing on AMC was obtained from each patient. AMC was assessed on the basis of its conformity with the chloroquine resistance patterns within the visited area, the prescribed rules of administration (date of initiation and...

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