Effectiveness and safety of short course liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) as first line treatment for visceral leishmaniasis in Bangladesh.

• Main Authors: Emiliano Lucero (Author), Simon M Collin (Author), Sujit Gomes (Author), Fatima Akter (Author), Asaduzzam Asad (Author), Asish Kumar Das (Author), Koert Ritmeijer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Bangladesh is one of the endemic countries for Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL). Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ran a VL treatment clinic in the most endemic district (Fulbaria) between 2010 and 2013 using a semi-ambulatory regimen for primary VL of 15 mg/kg Liposomal Amphotericin-B (AmBisom...