Author | Terceiro, Benivaldo Ramos Ferreira | |
Author | Torraca, Tania Salgado de Souza | |
Author | Braga, Frederico Pereira Bom | |
Author | Martins, Ana Cristina da Costa | |
Author | Brahim, Lucia Regina | |
Author | Saheki, Mauricio Naoto | |
Author | Miranda, Luciana de Freitas Campos | |
Author | Schubach, Armando de Oliveira | |
Author | Valete-Rosalino, Cláudia Maria | |
Access date | 2019-03-29T14:40:58Z | |
Available date | 2019-03-29T14:40:58Z | |
Document date | 2019 | |
Citation | TERCEIRO, Benivaldo Ramos Ferreira et al. Good response to pentamidine isethionate in a case of mucosal leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis that was difficult to treat: case report. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, v. 52, p. 1-4, 2019. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0037-8682 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/32296 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Good response to pentamidine isethionate in a case of mucosal leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis that was difficult to treat: case report | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1590/0037-8682-0236-2018 | |
Abstract | In Brazil, meglumine antimoniate is the first drug of choice for mucosal leishmaniasis treatment followed by amphotericin B and pentamidine isethionate. We report the case of a patient with severe mucosal lesions caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis that were difficult to treat. Over a 14-year period, the patient showed low adherence and three treatment attempts with meglumine antimoniate failed. Additionally, there was an unsatisfactory response to liposomal amphotericin B and nephrotoxicity when using amphotericin B deoxycholate that persisted after new treatment attempt with liposomal amphotericin B. Finally, healing was achieved with pentamidine isethionate and maintained during nine months of monitoring. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Oftalmologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Oftalmologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Mucosal leishmaniasis | pt_BR |
Subject | Therapy | pt_BR |
Subject | Pentamidine isethionate | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1678-9849 | |