Study of parasite kinetics with antileishmanial drugs using real-time quantitative PCR in Indian visceral leishmaniasis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1751-1755

  Sudarshan, Medhavi ^a   Weirather, Jason L ^b   Wilson, Mary E ^b   Sundar, Shyam ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Fat emulsion of amphotericin B; Leishmania donovani; Liposomal amphotericin B; qPCR; VL

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; KINETOPLAST DNA; LIPID EMULSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOME; HUMAN; KINETICS; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE LOAD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BLOOD; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960462320     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr185     Document Type: Article

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