A nurse is providing instruction to a client who asked about ways to prevent drug-resistant malaria from occurring. The nurse should suggest:
a. the newest and most potent antimalarial drug.
b. a combination of antimalarial drugs.
c. the tetracycline group of antibiotics.
d. the antimalarial drug early after diagnosis of malaria.
ANS: B
Malaria may become resistant to single agents and respond to multiple agents.
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