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dizziness, headache and insomnia) are a more frequent occurrence, occurring in up to 25% of those receiving chemoprophylactic doses and 90% of patients receiving therapeutic doses [ 1 ] . Higher blood levels of mefloquine are reached under prophylactic as compared to therapeutic regimens [ 1 2 ] . The relative incidence of adverse effects is, therefore, probably dose-related, although the concomitant effect of malaria during treatment cannot be dismissed.
, Burkholderia cepacia , and some strains of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia are usually resistant to colistin [ 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ] . Cross-resistance with other antibiotics has not been reported [ 10 13 ] , and acquired resistance is rare [ 11 17 ] . Although lower susceptibility rates for P. aeruginosa have been reported in patients with cystic fibrosis undergoing chronic prophylactic treatment with inhaled colistin [ 18 ] , 81% of strains of P. aeruginosa from such patients are still susceptible to colistin [ 14 ] .
This is a prophylactic measure in an effort to lower the risk of lactic acidosis that could be secondary to complications of surgical procedures such as hypotension, myocardial infarction, or septic shock.
Of the 516 published case reports of mefloquine adverse effects recorded in the mefloquine systematic review, 328 of the reports related to prophylactic mefloquine use, and 188 to treatment use.
In conclusion, the repeated low-dose challenge approach may enable us to assess the potential efficacy of vaccines and prophylactic treatment strategies more realistically, and more sensitively than the standard high-dose challenge approach.
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