RESOLUTION OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS AFTER ACUTE ECZEMA DUE TO INTRALESIONAL MEGLUMINE ANTIMONIATE

RESOLUTION OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS AFTER ACUTE ECZEMA DUE TO INTRALESIONAL MEGLUMINE ANTIMONIATE

We report a case of a 42 year-old female, who came to a leishmaniasis reference center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, presenting a cutaneous leishmaniasis lesion in the right forearm. Treatment with low-dose intramuscular meglumine antimoniate (MA) (5 mg Sb5+/kg/day) was initiated, with improvement afte...

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Main Authors: Erica de Camargo Ferreira e Vasconcellos, Maria Inês Fernandes Pimentel, Cláudia Maria Valete-Rosalino, Maria de Fátima Madeira, Armando de Oliveira Schubach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-07-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Cutaneous leishmaniasis
Therapy
Intralesional
Meglumine antimoniate
Eczema
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