Two cases of visceral leishmaniasis in Colombia resistant to meglumine antimonial treatment
ABSTRACT: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) affects over 500 000 people worldwide each year. The disease occurs in the Mediterranean basin, Central and South America and is caused by Leishmania infantum (syn L. chagasi). VL is an endemic disease in Colombia, particularly along the Caribbean coast and the...
- Autores:
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Vélez Bernal, Iván Darío
Colmenares Roldan, Lina María
Aguirre Muñoz, Carlos Arturo
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of investigation
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2009
- Institución:
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UdeA
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/32321
- Acceso en línea:
- https://hdl.handle.net/10495/32321
- Palabra clave:
- Leishmaniasis Visceral
Leishmaniasis, Visceral
Pentavalent antimonial
Therapeutic failure
Liposomal Amphotericin B
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/co/