Successful use of miltefosine and sodium stibogluconate, in combination, for the treatment of an HIV-positive patient with visceral leishmaniasis: A case report and brief review of the literature

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 455-459

  Collini, P ^a   Premchand, N ^b   Lockwood, D ^c   Greig, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EFAVIRENZ; EMTRICITABINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; ITRACONAZOLE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; MILTEFOSINE; PENTAMIDINE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; TENOFOVIR;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEPATITIS B; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650434256     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485909X451753     Document Type: Article

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