Influence of clinical presentation on the efficacy of a short course of pentamidine in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 331-336

  Nacher, M ^a   Carme, B ^a   Sainte Marie, D ^a   Couppie P ^a   Clyti, E ^a   Guibert, P ^a   Pradinaud, R ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTAMIDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; DRUG EFFICACY; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INJECTION PAIN; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PENTAMIDINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034992336     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034980120064355     Document Type: Article

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