Resultados: 19

In vivo efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine and artesunate-amodiaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in children: a multisite, open-label, two-cohort, clinical trial in Mozambique

Malar. j. (Online); 13 (309), 2014
Background: Mozambique adopted artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the year 2006, and since 2009 artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and artesunate-amodiaquine (ASAQ) have been proposed as alternative first-line treatments. A multicentr...

Nevirapine versus efavirenz for patients co-infected with HIV and tuberculosis: a randomised non-inferiority trial

Lancet, Infect. dis.; 13 (4), 2013
In countries with a high incidence of HIV and tuberculosis co-infection, nevirapine and efavirenz are widely used as antiretroviral therapy but both interact with antituberculosis drugs. We aimed to compare efficacy and safety of a nevirapine-based antiretroviral therapy (started at full dose) with an ef...

Factors Associated with Late Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation among Adults in Mozambique

Plos one; 7 (5), 2012
Despite recent changes to expand the ART eligibility criteria in sub-Saharan Africa, many patients still initiate ART in the advanced stages of HIV infection, which contributes to increased early mortality rates, poor patient outcomes, and onward transmission. To evaluate individual and clinic-level fact...

Effect of point-of-care CD4 cell count tests on retention of patients and rates of antiretroviral therapy initiation in primary health clinics: an observational cohort study

Lancet; 378 (9802), 2011
Background: Loss to follow-up of HIV-positive patients before initiation of antiretroviral therapy can exceed 50% in low-income settings and is a challenge to the scale-up of treatment. We implemented point-of-care counting of CD4 cells in Mozambique and assessed the effect on loss to follow-up before im...

Treatment of Kaposi sarcoma in human immunodeficiency virus-1-infected Mozambican children with antiretroviral drugs and chemotherapy

Pediatr. infect. dis. j; 30 (10), 2011
AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma occurs in children, but treatment experience reports are very scarce. A retrospective analysis of 28 children treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy and monthly paclitaxel showed unexpected results with 19 children in complete and sustainable remission, including...

An innovative technique for the relief of right ventricular trabecular cavity obliteration in endomyocardial fibrosis

Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) mainly affects persons from Africa, South America, and Asia.1 The pathogenesis of this condition remains unknown. In advanced forms, EMF produces marked disability and carries a poor prognosis. Although there is consensus about the potential value of surgical intervention in...

AAge interactions in the development of naturally acquired immunity to plasmodium falciparum and its clinical presentation

PloS med; 4 (7), 2007
Background Naturally acquired malaria immunity has many determinants and, in the absence of immunological markers of protection, studies assessing malaria incidence through clinical endpoints remain an approach to defining immunity acquisition. We investigated the role of age in disease incidence and th...

Efficacy of chloroquine, amodiaquine, sulphadoxine–pyrimethamine and combination therapy with artesunate in Mozambican children with non-complicated malaria

Trop. med. int. health; 9 (2), 2004
This paper reports a two-phase study in Manhiça district, Mozambique: first we assessed the clinical efficacy and parasitological response of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine (CQ), sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) and amodiaquine (AQ), then we tested the safety and efficacy in the treatment of uncomp...

A summary of wokshops in Maputo, Beira and Nampula, Mozambique: rational pharmaceuticals management project november 1998

Este documento é uma publicação dos resumos do segundo seminário de informações sobre medicamentos para tomada de decisão clínica, prédio do MINSAU. "Projeto de gestão racional de produtos farmacêuticos, novembro de 1998". O seminário começou no dia 02/11/98 com distribuição de materiais ...