Acute renal failure due to visceral leishmaniasis by Leishmania infantum successfully treated with a single high dose of liposomal amphotericin B

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 358-360

  Beltrame, Anna ^a   Arzese, Alessandra ^a   Camporese, Alessandro ^b   Rorato, Giada ^a   Crapis, Massimo ^a   Tarabini Castellani, Giuseppe ^b   Boscutti, Giuliano ^c   Pizzolitto, Stefano ^c   Calianno, Giuseppina ^b   Matteelli, Alberto ^d   Di Muccio, Trentina ^e   Gramiccia, Marina ^e   Viale, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; AMASTIGOTE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ITALY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPLENOMEGALY; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANGOLA; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; ITALY; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53749086165     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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