American cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis resistant to meglumine antimoniate, but with good response to pentamidine: a case report

American cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis resistant to meglumine antimoniate, but with good response to pentamidine: a case report

This is a case report of a Brazilian soldier with cutaneous leishmaniasis. The lesion relapsed following two systemic treatments with meglumine antimoniate. The patient was treated with amphotericin B, which was interrupted due to poor tolerance. Following isolation of Leishmania sp., six intralesio...

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Main Authors: Maria Inês Fernandes Pimentel, Cibele Baptista, Évelyn Figueiredo Rubin, Érica de Camargo Ferreira e Vasconcellos, Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra, Mariza de Matos Salgueiro, Maurício Naoto Saheki, Cláudia Maria Valete Rosalino, Maria de Fátima Madeira, Aline Fagundes da Silva, Eliame Mouta Confort, Armando de Oliveira Schubach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Leishmaniose cutânea
Terapêutica
Resistência medicamentosa
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