Failure of pentavalent antimony in visceral leishmaniasis in India: report from the center of the Indian epidemic. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • In India, 320 patients with visceral leishmaniasis (209 in the state of Bihar and 11 in the neighboring state of Uttar Pradesh) received identical pentavalent antimony (Sb) treatment. Sb induced long-term cure in 35% (95% confidence interval [CI], 28%-42%) of those in Bihar versus 86% (95% CI, 79%-93%) of those in Uttar Pradesh. In Bihar, the center of the Indian epidemic, traditional Sb treatment should be abandoned.

publication date

  • October 1, 2000

Research

keywords

  • Antimony Sodium Gluconate
  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0034451615

PubMed ID

  • 11049798

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 31

issue

  • 4