Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Immunotherapy, immunochemotherapy and chemotherapy for American cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment
2006; Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine; Volume: 39; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s0037-86822006000100003
ISSN1678-9849
AutoresWilson Mayrink, Ana Cristina de Carvalho Botelho, P. A. Magalhães, Sebastião Mariano Batista, Antonio de Oliveira Lima, Odair Genaro, Carlos Alberto da Costa, Maria Norma Melo, M.S.M. Michalick, Paul D. Williams, Magno Dias, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, Evaldo Nascimento, George Luiz Lins Machado-Coelho,
Tópico(s)Trypanosoma species research and implications
ResumoThe first choice of treatment for American cutaneous leishmaniasis is the pentavalent antimonial drug. Although it has been shown that this treatment is mostly effective and indicated, some disadvantages should be taken into account such as side effects, long term treatment inconveniences and counter-indication for patients suffering from cardiopathy, nephropathy; yet, aging, pregnancy and other conditions. With the advent of the vaccine anti-American cutaneous leishmaniasis as a prophylactic measure, studies on therapy using the vaccine associated or not with other drugs have been performed by many investigators and it is currently among the alternative treatments and prevention measures for American cutaneous leishmaniasis. In conclusion, the association between antimony and vaccine (immunochemotherapy) showed the same cure rate when compared with the standard treatment (100%) and it was also able to reduce the salt volume in 17.9% and treatment length from 87 to 62 days, decreasing side effects.
Referência(s)