The initial effectiveness of liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) and miltefosine combination for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV co-infected patients in Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study.

• Main Authors: Charles Abongomera (Author), Ermias Diro (Author), Alan de Lima Pereira (Author), Jozefien Buyze (Author), Kolja Stille (Author), Fareed Ahmed (Author), Johan van Griensven (Author), Koert Ritmeijer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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North-west Ethiopia faces the highest burden world-wide of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and HIV co-infection. VL-HIV co-infected patients have higher (initial) parasitological failure and relapse rates than HIV-negative VL patients. Whereas secondary prophylaxis reduces the relapse rate, parasitologi...