A Case of Falciparum Malaria Successfully Treated with Maximum Dose of Mefloquine.

Abstract

The case was a 37-year-old Malian male who was thought to have contracted malaria in Mali and then manifested fever with sore throat, watery diarrhea in Japan. His full blood count on admission revealed anemia and thrombocytopenia. He presented with Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia of 0.008% and was successfully treated with maximum dose of mefloquine. Spread of drug resistant malaria in the endemic areas has made malaria control more difficult. Japanese physicians must start to treat malaria immediately and select the appropriate drug in consideration for drug resistant malaria.