Study of parasite kinetics with antileishmanial drugs using real-time quantitative PCR in Indian visceral leishmaniasis
Author(s) -
Medhavi Sudarshan,
Jason L. Weirather,
Mary E. Wilson,
Shyam Sundar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkr185
Subject(s) - parasite hosting , parasite load , visceral leishmaniasis , leishmaniasis , biology , real time polymerase chain reaction , leishmania donovani , bone marrow , amphotericin b , leishmania , immunology , medicine , pharmacology , microbiology and biotechnology , antifungal , gene , immune system , biochemistry , world wide web , computer science
This study describes parasite kinetics in the blood of visceral leishmaniasis patients treated with liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB) or a preformed fat emulsion of amphotericin B (ApL) using real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR).
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