Oral lichenoid reactions during antimalarial prophylaxis with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine combination
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1989
Abstract
The prevalence of clinically observed oral lichenoid reaction in 186 Malay army personnel using Fansidar for 9 weeks was found to be 4.8. The prevalence was found to be 0.5 in 186 army personnel who had stopped using Fansidar for 2 months and 0 in 143 army personnel (control group) who had not used Fansidar for at least 4 months. The lesion showed a higher prevalence for the gingiva. There was no correlation between cigarette smoking and the occurrence of these lesions in each group
Keywords
Fansidar, Pyrimethamine, Sulfadoxine, Article, Drug Mixture, Human, Lichenoid, Major Clinical Study, Malaria, Prophylaxis, Adult, Drug Therapy, Combination, Human, Lichen Planus, Malaria, Malaysia, Male, Mouth Diseases, Pyrimethamine, Sulfadoxine, Sulfanilamides
Divisions
OralPathologyOralMedicinePeriodontology
Publication Title
Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
Volume
20
Issue
2
Publisher
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation
Additional Information
Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya