Clinical and Parasite Species Risk Factors for Pentavalent Antimonial Treatment Failure in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Peru

2007160 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Alejandro Llanos‐Cuentas · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Gianfranco Tulliano

Roger V. Araujo‐Castillo

César Miranda‐Verástegui

G. Santamaria-Castrellon

Luis Ramirez

M. Lazo

Simonne De Doncker · VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology

Marleen Boelaert · Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Abstract

The identification of parasite species and clinical risk factors for antimonial treatment failure should lead to an improved management of CL in patients in Peru.

Topics & Keywords

Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Trypanosoma species research and implications

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 46, Issue 2, pp. 223-231

DOI: 10.1086/524042

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