Fansidar resistant falciparum import to Trinidad from Tanzania

A 27 year old Tanzanian female with an acute P. falciparum malaria infection failed to respond to the recommended radical Fansidar treatment. The case is classified as RII resistance because after 7 days, parasitemia clearance was not achieved. The infection was certainly acquired in Tanzania but diagnosed and treated in a non-malarious country. This is possibly the first case of Fansidar resistant falciparum malaria found sensitive to Chloroquine. Chloroquine and Primaquine effectively eradicated the P. falciparum malaria from the patient. (AU)