A Case–Control Study on the Association Between Intestinal Helminth Infections and Treatment Failure in Patients With Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

BACKGROUND: Endemic regions of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and intestinal helminthiasis overlap. CL treatment with systemic pentavalent antimonial drugs (Sb(5+)) fails in 10%–30% of patients. The study objective was to assess the etiological role of intestinal helminthiasis in CL treatment failure....

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Autores principales: Martínez, Dalila Y, Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro, Dujardin, Jean-Claude, Polman, Katja, Adaui, Vanessa, Boelaert, Marleen, Verdonck, Kristien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7252286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32494582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa155

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7252286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32494582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa155

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