Use of Pentamidine As Secondary Prophylaxis to Prevent Visceral Leishmaniasis Relapse in HIV Infected Patients, the First Twelve Months of a Prospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has become an important opportunistic infection in persons with HIV-infection in VL-endemic areas. The co-infection leads to profound immunosuppression and high rate of annual VL recurrence. This study assessed the effectiveness, safety and feasibility of mont...

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Autores principales: Diro, Ermias, Ritmeijer, Koert, Boelaert, Marleen, Alves, Fabiana, Mohammed, Rezika, Abongomera, Charles, Ravinetto, Raffaella, De Crop, Maaike, Fikre, Helina, Adera, Cherinet, Colebunders, Robert, van Loen, Harry, Menten, Joris, Lynen, Lutgarde, Hailu, Asrat, van Griensven, Johan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26431253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004087

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26431253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004087

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