Successful Treatment of Imported MucosalLeishmania infantumLeishmaniasis With Miltefosine After Severe Hypokalemia Under Meglumine Antimoniate Treatment
- 1 March 2012
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Travel Medicine
- Vol. 19 (2), 124-126
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00572.x
Abstract
Old World mucosal leishmaniasis is a rare but regularly reported disease in Southern Europe. We report the case of a 64-year-old woman who developed severe hypokalemia under meglumine antimoniate treatment and was successfully treated under second line therapy with miltefosinKeywords
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