Antimony susceptibility of Leishmania isolates collected over a 30-year period in Algeria.

• Main Authors: Naouel Eddaikra (Author), Khatima Ait-Oudhia (Author), Ihcen Kherrachi (Author), Bruno Oury (Author), Farida Moulti-Mati (Author), Razika Benikhlef (Author), Zoubir Harrat (Author), Denis Sereno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In Algeria, the treatment of visceral and cutaneous leishmanioses (VL and CL) has been and continues to be based on antimony-containing drugs. It is suspected that high drug selective pressure might favor the emergence of chemoresistant parasites. Although treatment failure is frequently reported du...