Efficacy of amphotericin B colloidal dispersion in the treatment of Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis in immunocompetent adult patients

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 675-677

  Gaeta, G B ^a   Maisto, A ^a   Di Caprio, D ^a   Scalone, A ^a   Pasquale, G ^a   Felaco, F M ^a   Galante, D ^a   Gradoni, L ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B CHOLESTEROL SULFATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; DICLOFENAC POTASSIUM; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PARASITOSIS; RELAPSE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034517891     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655400459612     Document Type: Article

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