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This is a randomized hospital-based study of fifty cases from either sex-all above the age of twelve years. There were 41 (82%) male and 9 (18%) female patients. 52% of cases belong to low income group and 48% hail from middle class. Occupations of the patients were cultivation (26%), service (24%), studentship (20%), housewife (i 4%) and business (10%). The study shows malignant disorders of h...

OBJECTIVE To compare the outcome of treatment of Sudanese kala-azar patients treated under field conditions with either branded sodium stibogluconate (SSG) (Pentostam GlaxoWellcome) or generic SSG (Albert David Ltd, Calcutta, supplied by International Dispensary Association, Amsterdam). METHOD Randomised comparison. 271 patients were treated with Pentostam and 245 with generic SSG. RESULTS ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the use of generic and proprietary sodium stibogluconate for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar). METHODS A total of 102 patients with confirmed kala-azar were treated in a mission hospital in West Pokot region, Kenya, with sodium stibogluconate (20 mg/kg/day for 30 days)--either as Pentostam (PSM) or generic sodium stibogluconate (SSG); 51 patients were a...

an attempt to see when these properties attain their normal values during the course of treatment of kala-azar patients, it was found that even after a period of two months after the courses of injections are finished, the serum does not attain its normal value so far as these physical properties are concerned. Simultaneously with these experiments, Napier's aldehyde reaction has also been foll...

Bihar, India has been in the grip of kala-azar for many years. Its rampant and severe spread has made life miserable in most parts of the state. Such conditions require a comprehensive understanding of this affliction. The numbers coming out of the districts prone to the disease in the north and south Ganges have provided us with several startling revelations, as there are striking uniformities...