A randomized clinical trial comparing oral azithromycin and meglumine antimoniate for the treatment of American cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 640-646

  Krolewiecki, Alejandro J ^a   Romero, Héctor D ^b   Cajal, Silvana P ^b   Abraham, David ^c   Mimori, Tatsuyuki ^d   Matsumoto, Tamami ^e   Juarez, Marisa ^b   Taranto, Nestor J ^b  

^a FUNDACIÓN HUÉSPED   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones en Enfermedades Tropicales   (Argentina)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KUMAMOTO HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; MEGLUMINE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONIATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE REACTION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYALGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITOLOGY;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; AZITHROMYCIN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 38449121070     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.640     Document Type: Article

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