The initial effectiveness of liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) and miltefosine combination for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV co-infected patients in Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: North-west Ethiopia faces the highest burden world-wide of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and HIV co-infection. VL-HIV co-infected patients have higher (initial) parasitological failure and relapse rates than HIV-negative VL patients. Whereas secondary prophylaxis reduces the relapse rate,...

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Autores principales: Abongomera, Charles, Diro, Ermias, de Lima Pereira, Alan, Buyze, Jozefien, Stille, Kolja, Ahmed, Fareed, van Griensven, Johan, Ritmeijer, Koert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5991765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29799869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006527

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5991765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29799869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006527

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