Experimental treatment with sodium stibogluconate of hamsters infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi and Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis / Tratamento experimental com stibogluconato de sódio em hamsters infectados com Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi e Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
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32(2): 191-3, mar.-abr. 1999. graf
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in English, Portuguese
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ABSTRACT
The present paper reports the experimental treatment of hamsters infected with Leishmania chagasi and Leishmania amazonensis with sodium stibogluconate (20mg/kg/day x 20 days). Only with L. chagasi did the treatment result in the complete elimination of parasites from the spleen. However, no parasitological cure was achieved in hamsters infected with L. amazonensis
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Main subject:
Leishmania mexicana
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Leishmaniasis
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Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
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Antimony Sodium Gluconate
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Leishmania
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Animals
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
1999
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Article
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