A severe case of visceral leishmaniasis and liposomal amphotericin B treatment failure in an immunosuppressed patient 15 years after exposure

BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a protozoan disease, which is responsible for 200.000–400.000 yearly infections worldwide. If left untreated, the fatality rate can be as high as 100% within 2 years. 90% of cases occur in just six countries: India, Bangladesh, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia...

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Autores principales: Eichenberger, Anna, Buechi, Annina E., Neumayr, Andreas, Hatz, Chistroph, Rauch, Andri, Huguenot, Marc, Diamantis-Karamitopoulou, Eva, Staehelin, Cornelia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5240427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28095796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2192-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5240427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28095796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2192-4

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