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High Parasitological Failure Rate of Visceral Leishmaniasis to Sodium Stibogluconate among HIV Co-infected Adults in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Antimonials are still being used for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) treatment among HIV co-infected patients in East-Africa due to the shortage of alternative safer drugs like liposomal amphotericin B. Besides tolerability, emergence of resistance to antimonials is a major concern. OBJECTIV...
Autores principales: | Diro, Ermias, Lynen, Lutgarde, Mohammed, Rezika, Boelaert, Marleen, Hailu, Asrat, van Griensven, Johan |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031116/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24854196 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002875 |
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