Failure of a combination of two antifungal drugs, terbinafine plus itraconazole, in Sudanese post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-188

  Khalil, E A G ^a   Nur, Nadia M ^a   Zijlstra, E E ^a   El Hassan, A M ^a   Davidson, R N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Irraconazole; Leishmania donovani; Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis; Terbinafine

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; TERBINAFINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SUDAN; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0029927406     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90134-0     Document Type: Article

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