Metronidazole and suramin combination in the treatment of arsenical refractory rhodesian sleeping sickness - a case study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 422-

  Foulkes, J R ^a  

^a Mukinge Hospital   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Metronidazole; Suramin; Trypanosoma brucei 'rhodesiense'; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

MELARSOPROL; METRONIDAZOLE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; SURAMIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ZIMBABWE;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 16044362916     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90533-7     Document Type: Article

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