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. 2010 Oct 11;55(1):197–202. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01122-10

TABLE 3.

In vitro susceptibility of each drug according to species tested

Drug P. malariae
P. ovale
Majority trophozoites
Majority rings
Majority trophozoites
Majority rings
na Median IC50b (range) n Median IC50 (range) n IC50 n Median IC50 (range)
Chloroquine 23 127.9 (7.9-2980) 7 14.0c (3.5-27.0) 1 23.2 3 7.8 (3.3-17.3)
Amodiaquine 20 19.1 (2.5-96.4) 9 21.7 (2.8-40.3) 0 5 4.3 (1.0-12.8)
Artesunate 17 2.84 (0.15-15.8) 7 1.77 (0.27-9.3) 1 1.28 4 1.16 (0.17-2.85)
Mefloquine 19 46.9 (9.8-336.9) 6 36.8 (4.8-164.0) 0 5 23.8 (6.2-49.9)
Pyronaridine 13 7.8 (0.1-150) 2 4.1 (0.53-7.6) 0 3 0.72 (0.17-1.39)
Piperaquine 22 38.4 (6.3-698) 8 29.0 (6.6-35.9) 1 7.57 5 10.2 (4.7-15.5)
a

n, number of assays with acceptable IC50 data.

b

IC50s are given in nM concentrations.

c

P = 0.01, comparing IC50s in isolates with majority trophozoites to those with majority rings.