Abstract

The emergence of drug-resistant malaria poses a formidable health challenge in emerging nations such as India. The ineffectiveness of the medicine artemisinin, which is essential for treating malaria, will quickly undermine the treatment and outlook for malaria patients. If, following a complete course of therapy with Artesunate Combination Therapy and without any instances of vomiting or diarrhoea, there is no clinical or parasitological improvement in the patient within 72 hours, resistance may be considered. Reports of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria are rare in the southern regions of India. This article details a case of rare Artesunate-resistant complex falciparum malaria.

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