Treatment of visceral Leishmaniasis unresponsive to pentamidine with amphotericin B.

Autor: Giri OP
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India [J Assoc Physicians India] 1994 Sep; Vol. 42 (9), pp. 688-9.
Abstrakt: Twenty five cases of visceral leishmaniasis unresponsive to Pentamidine were treated with Amphotericin B in the dose schedule of 0.75 mg per kg body weight I.V. on alternate days for total 15 infusions. Full cure was achieved in all twenty five (hundred per cent) cases, no significant toxicity was observed during as well as after treatment and none of the patients relapsed during twelve months follow-up.
Databáze: MEDLINE