We used liposomal amphotericin B as first-choice treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in 106 immunocompetent children who acquired the infection in a temperate region of southern Europe (Italy) where Leishmania infantum visceral leishmaniasis is endemic. The aim of the study was to identify the minimum total dose of liposomal amphotericin B needed to cure the infection in children and reduce the period of hospitalization. We conclude that the optimal regimen in immunocompetent children with L. infantum visceral leishmaniasis to be a total dose of 18 mg/kg of liposomal amphotericin B (3 mg/kg per day for 5 days, followed by 3 mg/kg administered as an outpatient regimen on day 10).
DI MARTINO L, DAVIDSON R.N, GIACCHINO R, SCOTTI S, RAIMONDI F, CASTAGNOLA E, et al. (1997). TREATMENT OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN CHILDREN USING LIPOSOMAL AMPHOTHERICIN B. THE JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, 131, 271-277.
TREATMENT OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN CHILDREN USING LIPOSOMAL AMPHOTHERICIN B
A. CASCIO;
1997-01-01
Abstract
We used liposomal amphotericin B as first-choice treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in 106 immunocompetent children who acquired the infection in a temperate region of southern Europe (Italy) where Leishmania infantum visceral leishmaniasis is endemic. The aim of the study was to identify the minimum total dose of liposomal amphotericin B needed to cure the infection in children and reduce the period of hospitalization. We conclude that the optimal regimen in immunocompetent children with L. infantum visceral leishmaniasis to be a total dose of 18 mg/kg of liposomal amphotericin B (3 mg/kg per day for 5 days, followed by 3 mg/kg administered as an outpatient regimen on day 10).
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