Safety and efficacy of azithromycin-containing regimen as an intermittent preventive therapy for malaria in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
AZ-containing IPTp regimens reduce rates of parasitemia at delivery compared to WHO-recommended IPTp-SP regimens or other SP-containing regimens without AZ. Adding AZ to the standard IPTp-SP regimen holds promising potential considering the escalating SP resistance, the safety profile of AZ and its additional coverage of sexually transmitted pathogens.
Authors
- Lisa Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9272-3980)
- El‐Wui Loh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9346-6886)
- I‐Fan Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5898-3730)
- Ka‐Wai Tam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1994-834X)
- Sazali Basri
- Helmi Sulaiman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7541-6615)
- Thanh Pham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5674-7985)
- Chia‐Lin Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6045-6956)
- Van Khoi Tran
- Mei Ying Tey
Institutions
- University Malaya Medical Centre (MY)
- Bayer (United States) (US)
- Pfizer (United States) (US)
- Hospital Kuala Lumpur (MY)
- University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (MY)
- Cho Ray Hospital (VN)
- University of Malaya (MY)
- E-Da Hospital (TW)
- Hue University (VN)
- Institute for Medical Research (MY)
- Wan Fang Hospital (TW)
- Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital (TW)
- Taipei Medical University (TW)
- National Cheng Kung University (TW)
- I-Shou University (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Travel Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaf112
- Primary Topic
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00