Logo image
Sign in
Serial use of pentamidine and miltefosine for treating Leishmania infantum-HIV coinfection.
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Serial use of pentamidine and miltefosine for treating Leishmania infantum-HIV coinfection.

Jean-François Faucher, David Morquin, Jacques Reynes, Catherine Chirouze, Bruno Hoen and Vincent Le Moing
Parasitology International, Vol.65(5), pp.444-6
11/07/2016
PMID: 27353022

Abstract

Aids Liposomal amphotericin B Miltefosine Pentamidine Visceral leishmaniasis Antiprotozoal Agents Coinfection HIV Infections Humans Immunocompromised Host Leishmania infantum Leishmaniasis, Visceral Phosphorylcholine
Liposomal amphotericin B (LAmb) may fail to heal Leishmania infantum visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the immunodeficient host. There are currently no guidelines on how to treat such patients and efficacy of miltefosine monotherapy seems limited in this indication. We present 2 cases of patients with VL and AIDS for which LAmb had to be interrupted (one because of toxicity, one because of treatment failure) and who were treated effectively with pentamidine followed by miltefosine.
url
Find in HALView

Metrics

1 Record Views

Details

Logo image