Retrospective study of 151 patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis treated with meglumine antimoniate

Retrospective study of 151 patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis treated with meglumine antimoniate

We retrospectively analyzed a series of 151 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis treated between 1967 and 1982. One-hundred-and-thirty-nine (92%) patients presented with active lesions and were treated with daily doses of meglumine antimoniate: 81 adults received a 5-ml vial IM and 58 children received...

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Main Authors: Armando de Oliveira Schubach, Keyla B. Feldman Marzochi, João Soares Moreira, Tânia Maria Pacheco Schubach, Marcelo Lodi Araújo, Antônio Carlos Francesconi do Vale, Sonia Regina Lambert Passos, Mauro Célio de Almeida Marzochi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2005-05-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
Drug therapy
Meglumine antimoniate
Therapeutic schedules
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