Miltefosine and antimonial drug susceptibility of Leishmania Viannia species and populations in regions of high transmission in Colombia.

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Olga Lucía Fernández (Συγγραφέας), Yira Diaz-Toro (Συγγραφέας), Clemencia Ovalle (Συγγραφέας), Liliana Valderrama (Συγγραφέας), Sandra Muvdi (Συγγραφέας), Isabel Rodríguez (Συγγραφέας), María Adelaida Gomez (Συγγραφέας), Nancy Gore Saravia (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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Pentavalent antimonials have been the first line treatment for dermal leishmaniasis in Colombia for over 30 years. Miltefosine is administered as second line treatment since 2005. The susceptibility of circulating populations of Leishmania to these drugs is unknown despite clinical evidence supporti...