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...

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Autores:
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/