Azithromycin in the treatment of mucosal leishmaniasis Azitromicina no tratamento da leishmaniose mucosa

This report describes three elderly patients with mucosal form of American tegumentary leishmaniasis associated with chronic cardiopathy. Due to the known toxicity of classical drugs with activity against Leishmania sp., the patients received three oral courses of azithromycin therapy in single 500...

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Main Authors: Mario León Silva-Vergara, Luciana de Almeida Silva, Frederico Ricardo Zago Maneira, Achilles Gustavo da Silva, Aluízio Prata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2004-06-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652004000300011