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. 1993 Oct;17(4):625-7.
doi: 10.1093/clinids/17.4.625.

Successful treatment of antimony-resistant visceral leishmaniasis with liposomal amphotericin B in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus

J Torre-Cisneros  1 , J L Villanueva, J M Kindelan, R Jurado, P Sanchez-Guijo
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Successful treatment of antimony-resistant visceral leishmaniasis with liposomal amphotericin B in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus

J Torre-Cisneros et al. Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Oct.

Abstract

We describe two cases of visceral leishmaniasis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); both cases were resistant to antimony compounds but were cured with liposomal amphotericin B, with no significant toxicity. A review of the previous reported cases of antimony-resistant visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-infected patients confirmed the effectiveness of treatment with liposomal amphotericin B, which directly targets infected macrophages and reaches high levels in plasma and tissue.

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