Evaluation of Correlation between the in Vitro Susceptibility of Field Isolates of Leishmania major and Clinical Outcomes of Meglumine Antimoniate Therapy in Fars Province, Iran

• Main Authors: Nafiseh Ghobakhloo (Author), Mohammad Hossein Motazedian (Author), Behrad Pourmohammadi (Author), Zahra Yousefi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: This study was designed to detect whether there is a correlation between in vitro susceptibility of field isolates of Leishmania major and the clinical outcomes of meglumine antimoniate (Glucantime®) therapy, the main­stay of cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment in Iran. Methods: Forty-thre...