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Are incremental doses of amphotericin B required for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis?

C. P. ThakurPatna Medical College and Hospital, Patna, India
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G. P. SinhaPatna Medical College and Hospital, Patna, India
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D. BaratPatna Medical College and Hospital, Patna, India
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R. K. SinghPatna Medical College and Hospital, Patna, India
Pages 365-370 | Received 23 Feb 1994, Accepted 04 Mar 1994, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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C. P. Thakur & S. Narayan. (2004) A comparative evaluation of amphotericin B and sodium antimony gluconate, as first-line drugs in the treatment of Indian visceral leishmaniasis. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 98:2, pages 129-138.
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S. Sundar, A. K. Goyal, D. K. More, M. K. Singh & H. W. Murray. (1998) Treatment of antimony-unresponsive Indian visceral leishmaniasis with ultra-short courses of amphotericin-B-lipid complex. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 92:7, pages 755-764.
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C. P. Thakur, S. Narain, N. Kumar, S. M. Hassan, D. K. Jha & A. Kumar. (1997) Amphotericin B is superior to sodium antimony gluconate in the treatment of Indian post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 91:6, pages 611-616.
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Begoña Monge-Maillo & Rogelio López-Vélez. (2013) Therapeutic Options for Visceral Leishmaniasis. Drugs 73:17, pages 1863-1888.
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Suman Gupta, Suman Tiwari, A.P Bhaduri & G.K Jain. (2002) Anilino-(2-bromophenyl) acetonitrile: a promising orally effective antileishmanial agent. Acta Tropica 84:3, pages 165-173.
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C.P. Thakur. (2001) A single high dose treatment of kala-azar with Ambisome (amphotericin B lipid complex): a pilot study. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 17:1, pages 67-70.
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Shyam Sundar, Lal B. Gupta, Vishal Rastogi, Gaurav Agrawal & Henry W. Murray. (2000) Short-course, cost-effective treatment with amphotericin B-fat emulsion cures visceral leishmaniasis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 94:2, pages 200-204.
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C.P. Thakur, R.K. Singh, S.M. Hassan, R. Kumar, S. Narain & Ashok Kumar. (1999) Amphotericin B deoxycholate treatment of visceral leishmaniasis with newer modes of administration and precautions: a study of 938 cases. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 93:3, pages 319-323.
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Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Annie Sulahian, Yves Jean-François Garin & Francis Derouin. (1996) Lipid formulations of amphotericin B in the treatment of experimental visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 90:5, pages 574-577.
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J P GangneuxA SulahianY J GarinR FarinottiF Derouin. (1996) Therapy of visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum: experimental assessment of efficacy of AmBisome. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 40:5, pages 1214-1218.
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