Successful treatment with miltefosine of disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis in a severely immunocompromised patient infected with HIV-1 - PubMed (original) (raw)

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. 2005 Jun 15;40(12):e120-4.

doi: 10.1086/430444. Epub 2005 Apr 27.

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Successful treatment with miltefosine of disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis in a severely immunocompromised patient infected with HIV-1

Christine Schraner et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2005.

Abstract

We describe here a case of disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major in a severely immunocompromised patient from Burkino Faso, Africa, who is infected with human immunodeficiency virus-1. The skin lesions failed to respond to full treatment courses of amphotericin B, sodium stibogluconate, and liposomal amphotericin B but were successfully treated with miltefosine, an alkylphosphocholine analogue.

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