Intralesional Antimony for Single Lesions of Bolivian Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Table 1.
Author(s) -
Jaime Soto,
Ernesto Rojas,
Miguel A. Guzmán,
Aleida Verduguez,
Winne Nena,
Maria Maldonado,
M. I. González Cruz,
Lineth Gracia,
Darsi Villarroel,
Isidoro Alavi,
Julia Toledo,
Jonathan Berman
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cit049
Subject(s) - medicine , cryotherapy , placebo , lesion , adverse effect , cutaneous leishmaniasis , leishmania braziliensis , surgery , confidence interval , tolerability , target lesion , leishmaniasis , dermatology , gastroenterology , pathology , alternative medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an ultimately self-curing disease for which systemic therapy with pentavalent antimony (Sb) is effective but with side effects. We evaluated 2 local treatments, intralesional (IL) Sb and cryotherapy, for single lesions due to Bolivian Leishmania (v.) braziliensis in a placebo-controlled study.
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