Leishmaniasis: A new method for confirming cure and detecting asymptomatic infection in patients receiving immunosuppressive treatment for autoimmune disease.

• Principais autores: Laura Botana (Autor), Ana Victoria Ibarra-Meneses (Autor), Carmen Sanchez (Autor), Belen Matia (Autor), Juan Victor San Martin (Autor), Javier Moreno (Autor), Eugenia Carrillo (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in patients receiving immunosuppressant drugs for autoimmune disease has been on the rise. It is important-but difficult-to know when cure has been achieved in these patients since the withdrawal of immunosuppressants during antileishmania treatment is commonly required,...