STUDI PENGGUNAAN ANTIMALARIA PADA PENDERITA MALARIA DI INSTALASI RAWAT INAP BLU RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. KANDOU MANADO PERIODE JANUARI 2013-MEI 2013

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Malaria is parasite infectious diseases group of Plasmodium which live in human red blood
cell and can be transmitted by a female Anopheles bites. Malaria were classified as one of the
most dangerous infectious diseases which cause death. In North Sulawesi, malaria is an
endemic diseases because it’s a tropical area, and so susceptible to this disease. Treatment of
malaria is to obtain clinical and parasitologic recovery. The objectives of this research were
to find out the characteristic of malaria and the use of antimalaria drugs on patient with
malaria. This research is a descriptive survey with retrospective sampling on 68 medical
record of patient with malaria treatment. Obtained data shows that there are three variant of
malaria, falciparum malaria (66,2%), vivax malaria (26,5%), mixed malaria (7,4%).
Artesunat-amodiakuin-primakuin in an ACT (Artemisinin Combination Treatment) that
mostly used as malaria drug.
Keywords: Plasmodium, red blood cell, malaria, antimalaria