Abstract
The treatment of two patients with severe mucosal leishmaniasis due to Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis is described. Both patients had received much prior antimonial therapy and one had relapsed after a total dose of 2.5 g of Amphotericin B. Both patients responded to prolonged continuous Pentostam therapy at a daily dose of 20 mg Sb(v)/kg/day for 62 days in one case and for 85 days in the other. Pentavalent antimonials can be curative in such protracted courses in selected patients unresponsive to standard chemotherapy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 710-713 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1985 |
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