Fatal acute pancreatitis in a patient with visceral leishmaniasis during miltefosine treatment

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 306-308

  Pandey, K ^a   Singh, D ^a   Lal, C S ^a   Das, V N R ^a   Das, P ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; miltefosine; visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MILTEFOSINE; OCTREOTIDE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; SEPTICEMIA; TREATMENT DURATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

EID: 84891952199     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.123161     Document Type: Article

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