Evaluation of Cytokine Profile and HLA Association in Benznidazole Related Cutaneous Reactions in Patients With Chagas Disease | Zendy

Fernando Salvador | Zendy; Adrián SánchezMontalvá | Zendy; Mónica MartínezGallo | Zendy; Anna Sala | Zendy; Laura Viñas | Zendy; Marina García-Prat | Zendy; Gloria Aparicio | Zendy; Augusto Sao Avilés | Zendy; M A Artaza | Zendy; Berta Ferrer-Rosell | Zendy; Israel Molina | Zendy

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Evaluation of Cytokine Profile and HLA Association in Benznidazole Related Cutaneous Reactions in Patients With Chagas Disease

Author(s) -

Fernando Salvador,

Adrián SánchezMontalvá,

Mónica MartínezGallo,

Anna Sala,

Laura Viñas,

Marina García-Prat,

Gloria Aparicio,

Augusto Sao Avilés,

M A Artaza,

Berta Ferrer-Rosell,

Israel Molina

Publication year - 2015

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/civ690

Subject(s) - benznidazole , medicine , chagas disease , gastroenterology , adverse drug reaction , immunology , drug , pharmacology , trypanosoma cruzi , parasite hosting , world wide web , computer science

Benznidazole is the drug of choice for Chagas disease. The major drawback of this drug is the high adverse events rate, being cutaneous reactions the most frequent one, leading to definitive withdrawal of treatment in 15%-30% of patients.

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