Successful treatment by adding thalidomide to meglumine antimoniate in a case of refractory anthroponotic mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
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Efficacy of topical 5% imiquimod with cryotherapy versus intralesional meglumine antimoniate in the treatment of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis
Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a major world problem. Several types of treatment regimens have been suggested. Imiquimod demonstrated a leishmanicidal activity by increasing local cytokine production. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of topical 5% imiquimod with cryotherapy vs. intralesional meglumine antimoniate (MA) in treatment of anthroponotic (dry type) CL. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2211-3207
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2019.08.007