The Potential Use of Methotrexate in the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: In Vitro Assays against Sensitive and Meglumine Antimoniate-resistant Strains of Leishmania tropica

The Potential Use of Methotrexate in the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: In Vitro Assays against Sensitive and Meglumine Antimoniate-resistant Strains of Leishmania tropica

Background: The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of methotrexate (MTX) alone and in combination with meglumine antimoniate (MA, Glucantime) against sensitive and MA-resistant Leishmania tropica stages in vitro. Methods: The present study was carried out in 2014 in Leishmaniasis Researc...

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Main Authors: Hossein MAHMOUDVAND, Farnaz KHEIRANDISH, Seyed Reza MIRBADIE, Mohammad Hassan KAYEDI, Tahereh REZAEI RIABI, Abbas Ali GHASEMI, Mehdi BAMOROVAT, Iraj SHARIFI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2017-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Subjects:
Meglumine antimoni-ate
Resistance
Leishmania tropica
Methotrexate
In vitro
Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/1764

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