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Rev Soc Bras Med Trop ; 36(3): 365-71, 2003.
Article in Portuguese | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12908038

ABSTRACT

Seventy-nine patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis were included in this study. The experimental group (n = 38) was treated with pentamidine isothionate in a dose of 4mg/kg/day on alternate days, for one week. The control group (n = 41) was treated with N-methylglucamine in a dose of 20mgSbV/kg/day for 20 days. Twenty-one isolates were identified using monoclonal antibody technique. We characterized Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, most frequently. There was a cure rate of 71.05% of the patients in the experimental group and 73.17% in the control group (p = 0.47). We found a statistical significance regarding frequency of ECG alterations between the experimental and control group (p<0.05). In our study pentamidine was as effective as antimonial for the treatment of american cutaneous leishmaniasis. It proved to be a safer drug considering heart toxicity. Moreover, it requires less time to complete the treatment.


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Antiprotozoal Agents/administration & dosage , Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/drug therapy , Meglumine/administration & dosage , Organometallic Compounds/administration & dosage , Pentamidine/administration & dosage , Adult , Animals , Antiprotozoal Agents/adverse effects , Antiprotozoal Agents/economics , Electrocardiography , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Meglumine/adverse effects , Meglumine/economics , Meglumine Antimoniate , Organometallic Compounds/adverse effects , Organometallic Compounds/economics , Pentamidine/adverse effects , Pentamidine/economics , Prospective Studies
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop ; 36(3): 365-371, maio-jun. 2003. ilus, tab, graf
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-341062

ABSTRACT

Setenta e nove pacientes com leishmaniose tegumentar americana, forma cutânea, foram divididos em dois grupos: o grupo experimental (I), formado por 38 pessoas que receberam isotionato de pentamidina, 4mg/kg/dia, três aplicações, IM, durante uma semana, e o grupo controle (II), formado por 41 doentes tratados com N-metilglucamina, 20mgSbV/kg/dia por 20 dias, EV. Foram identificados, por técnica de anticorpos monoclonais, 21 isolados com predominância de Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. Encontrou-se cura clínica em 71,05 por cento do grupo experimental e 73,17 por cento do grupo controle (p=0,47). Alterações de ECG foram mais freqüentes utilizando antimonial pentavalente, com significância (p<0,05). O tratamento com a pentamidina mostrou eficácia semelhante quando comparado ao antimonial e apresenta vantagens como duraçäo reduzida de tratamento e baixa toxicidade cardiológica


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Humans , Animals , Adult , Antiprotozoal Agents , Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous , Pentamidine , Antiprotozoal Agents , Electrocardiography , Follow-Up Studies , Pentamidine , Prospective Studies
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