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Good response to pentamidine isethionate in a case of Mucosal Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis that was difficult to treat: Case Report

Overview of attention for article published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, January 2019
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Title
Good response to pentamidine isethionate in a case of Mucosal Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis that was difficult to treat: Case Report
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, January 2019
DOI 10.1590/0037-8682-0236-2018
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Benivaldo Ramos Ferreira Terceiro, Tania Salgado de Souza Torraca, Frederico Pereira Bom Braga, Ana Cristina da Costa Martins, Lucia Regina Brahim, Mauricio Naoto Saheki, Luciana de Freitas Campos Miranda, Armando de Oliveira Schubach, Cláudia Maria Valete-Rosalino

Abstract

In Brazil, meglumine antimoniate is the first drug of choice for mucosal leishmaniasis treatment followed by amphotericin B and pentamidine isethionate. We report the case of a patient with severe mucosal lesions caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis that were difficult to treat. Over a 14-year period, the patient showed low adherence and three treatment attempts with meglumine antimoniate failed. Additionally, there was an unsatisfactory response to liposomal amphotericin B and nephrotoxicity when using amphotericin B deoxycholate that persisted after new treatment attempt with liposomal amphotericin B. Finally, healing was achieved with pentamidine isethionate and maintained during nine months of monitoring.

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Unknown 28 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 18%
Student > Master 5 18%
Student > Bachelor 3 11%
Student > Postgraduate 2 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 11 39%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 18%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 4%
Other 3 11%
Unknown 12 43%
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#20,663,600
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Outputs from Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
#740
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#340,979
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Outputs of similar age from Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
#50
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