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Allopurinol in the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis
(1981)
Allopurinol was used in the treatment of 10 patients with kala-azar. Of six patients who had previously failed to respond satisfactorily to Pentostam, "cures" were achieved in four. However, it was necessary to add Pentostam ...
The response of Kenyan kala-azar to treatment with sodium stibogluconate
(1984)
Of 16 patients with kala-azar treated with sodium stibogluconate (0.1 ml/kg body weight a day), one died on the 12th day of treatment and nine were cured by a 30-day course, although two subsequently relapsed. Extending ...
A complement fixation test for visceral leishmaniasis using homologous parasite antigen I
(1984)
The complement fixation test using homologous parasite antigen was evaluated in 60 individuals with confirmed visceral leishmaniasis and compared with the results obtained in individuals with other parasitic and infectious ...
Renal clearance of pentavalent antimony (sodium stibogluconate)
(1980)
Kenyan kala-azar is sometimes unresponsive to a standard course of sodium stibogluconate. The renal excretion of sodium stibogluconate was therefore studied in patients with kala azar and in volunteers; both urine and serum ...