Title
Long-term follow-up of patients with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infection and treated with Glucantime®
Date Issued
01 January 1990
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Netto E.M.
Marsden P.D.
Costa J.M.L.
Cuba C.C.
Barreto A.C.
Badaró R.
Johnson W.D.
Jones T.C.
Universidade de Brasilia
Abstract
Seventy-nine patients with cutaneous (62) or mucosal (17) infection with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in Três Braços, Bahia, Brazil, were followed for at least 4 years after initiating treatment with antimony. Cutaneous relapses occurred in 6/62 (10%), mucosal relapse after cutaneous infection in 2/62 (3%), and mucosal relapse after mucosal disease in 2/17 (17%). It is concluded that relapse (cutaneous and mucosal) is rare after adequate antimony therapy and that no definite prediction of relapse (clinical, serological or by skin reaction) is possible. © 1990, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. All rights reserved.
Start page
367
End page
370
Volume
84
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Parasitología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0025289021
PubMed ID
Source
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
00359203
Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases P01AI016282 NIAID
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