Biomaterial Database

Mefloquine-induced psychosis. 2000

P V Havaldar, and K D Mogale

Department of Pediatrics, KLES Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Belgaum, India. blgjnmc@kar.nic.in

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D011605	Psychoses, Substance-Induced	Psychotic organic mental disorders resulting from the toxic effect of drugs and chemicals or other harmful substance.	Psychoses, Drug,Psychoses, Toxic,Substance-Induced Psychoses,Toxic Psychoses,Drug Psychoses,Psychoses, Substance Induced,Substance Induced Psychoses
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000962	Antimalarials	Agents used in the treatment of malaria. They are usually classified on the basis of their action against plasmodia at different stages in their life cycle in the human. (From AMA, Drug Evaluations Annual, 1992, p1585)	Anti-Malarial,Antimalarial,Antimalarial Agent,Antimalarial Drug,Anti-Malarials,Antimalarial Agents,Antimalarial Drugs,Agent, Antimalarial,Agents, Antimalarial,Anti Malarial,Anti Malarials,Drug, Antimalarial,Drugs, Antimalarial
D015767	Mefloquine	A phospholipid-interacting antimalarial drug (ANTIMALARIALS). It is very effective against PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM with very few side effects.	Lariam,Mefloquine Hydrochloride,Mephloquine,Ro-21-5998-001,WR-142,490,WR-177,602,Ro 21 5998 001,Ro215998001,WR 142,490,WR 177,602,WR142,490,WR177,602
D016778	Malaria, Falciparum	Malaria caused by PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM. This is the severest form of malaria and is associated with the highest levels of parasites in the blood. This disease is characterized by irregularly recurring febrile paroxysms that in extreme cases occur with acute cerebral, renal, or gastrointestinal manifestations.	Plasmodium falciparum Malaria,Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum