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

• Main Authors: Olga Lucía Fernández (Author), Yira Diaz-Toro (Author), Clemencia Ovalle (Author), Liliana Valderrama (Author), Sandra Muvdi (Author), Isabel Rodríguez (Author), María Adelaida Gomez (Author), Nancy Gore Saravia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...