First case of pulmonary tuberculosis and visceral leishmaniasis coinfection successfully treated with antituberculosis drug and liposomal amphotericin B

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Successful management of cases with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and tuberculosis is a challenge for clinicians, because a guideline for that is currently unavailable. We report the first case in Bangladesh who developed VL during her treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis and was...

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Autores principales: Hasnain, Md Golam, Ghosh, Prakash, Sharafat Sonin, Md Shadab Ibn, Baker, James, Mondal, Dinesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4270720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25548640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.130
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Sumario:KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Successful management of cases with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and tuberculosis is a challenge for clinicians, because a guideline for that is currently unavailable. We report the first case in Bangladesh who developed VL during her treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis and was treated successfully with multidose liposomal amhptericin B for VL.

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