American tegumentary leishmaniasis: severe side effects of pentavalent antimonial in a patient with chronic renal failure

Pentavalent antimonials are the first-line drug treatment for American tegumentary leishmaniasis. We report on a patient with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis who presented with cutaneous lesions of leishmaniasis for four months. The patient was treated with intravenous meglumine under strict n...

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Published in:An Bras Dermatol
Main Authors: Marques, Sílvio Alencar, Merlotto, Maira Renata, Ramos, Paulo Müller, Marques, Mariangela Esther Alencar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2019
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Tropical/Infectoparasitary Dermatology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6668951/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31365669
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20198388
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