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IMG SURVIVOR
11-26-2007, 10:39 PM
A 24-year-old female graduate student is seen at the Student Health Clinic for pretravel advice. Her research will involve fieldwork for 10 weeks at the Thailand-Cambodia border. She has no significant medical problems and takes no medications. Her immunizations were updated for a previous trip 6 months ago.
What would you recommend for malaria prophylaxis for this patient?
A. Doxycycline
B. Atovaquone/proguanil (MalaroneTM)
C. Chloroquine
D. Mefloquine
E. Primaquine

Dr. X
11-27-2007, 12:58 PM
shes 24.. in case she gets knocked up.. should be.. c or d. c is taken weekly so an advantage over d.