Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) remains a major public health threat in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study was carried out in Surya Kanta Kala azar Research Centre (SKKRC), Mymensingh, from January 2012 to July 2013 to evaluate the health seeking behaviour and the length of delay of PKDL management. The consecutive 200 diagnosed PKDL cases that got treatment in SKKRC hospital were s...

Three patients who developed bilateral anterior uveitis at the end of, or soon after, the apparently successful treatment of visceral leishmaniasis are described. The uveitis gave rise to secondary glaucoma in 2 of the patients, and in the third patient the eye lesions were associated with an episode of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis.

distilled water it becomes cloudy owing to partial precipitation of the serum globulin. Under certain circumstances, a copious precipitate forms instead of a mere cloudiness. This precipitate is due to a globulin-like substance as is evident from the following facts:? (1) It is soluble in normal saline, in dilute acids, and in dilute soda bicarb, solution. It is also soluble in sodium hydrate s...

to examine the seroprevalence of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (zvl) among rodents in azarshahr county, and to assess the possible association of infection among rodents in respect with transmission/prevalence of the disease among children, a survey was conducted during 2003-2004. azarshahr county is an endemic region for leishmaniasis and this research is the first study in determining the h...

A pentavalent antimony compound (Sdt. 561, solustibosan, antimony-v-hexonate, containing 20 mg. of antimony per c.cm. of solution) , that made a stable solution and could be given intramuscularly, was first introduced b) Prof. H. Schmidt, the pioneer worker on pent*1' valent antimony compounds. Kikuth and Schmidt (1938) found that this compound possessed a marked curative action in the le*,' ma...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Bihar State of India has been an endemic State for kala-azar. There has been many phases of DDT sprays for vector control. An outbreak of kala-azar occurred in Goanpura, 6 km from Patna, Bihar, in 2003. We undertook this study with a new approach of kala-azar elimination in this village with priority to treatment of cases followed by supplementation with supervised DDT sp...

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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 ...