Treatment of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis by pentamidine isethionate. An open study of 11 patients

Dermatology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 120-123

  Hellier, Isabelle ^b   Dereure, Olivier ^a   Tournillac, Isabelle ^b   Pratlong, Francine ^b   Guillot, Bernard ^b   Dedet, Jean Pierre ^b   Guilhou, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Isethionate pentamidine; Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PAIN; PANCREAS DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034076667     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018343     Document Type: Article

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