Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment response varies depending on parasite species, geographi...
Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment response varies depending on parasite species, geographical location and development of secondary infection
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Al-Salem, Waleed S. , Solórzano, Carla , Weedall, Gareth D. , Dyer, Naomi A. , Kelly-Hope, Louise , Casas-Sánchez, Aitor , Alraey, Yasser , Alyamani, Essam J. , Halliday, Alice , Balghonaim, Salah M. , Alsohibany, Khalid S. , Alzeyadi, Zeyad , Alzahrani, Mohamed H. , Al-Shahrani, Ali M. , Assiri, Abdullah M. , Memish, Ziad and Acosta-Serrano, Álvaro
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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English
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Leishmania major and L. tropica are the main causative agents of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). The national CL treatment regimen consists of topical 1% clotrimazole/2% fusidic acid cream followed by 1-2 courses of intralesional sodium stibogluconate (SSG); however, treatment efficacy is highly variabl...
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Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment response varies depending on parasite species, geographical location and development of secondary infection
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Author / Creator
Solórzano, Carla
Weedall, Gareth D.
Dyer, Naomi A.
Kelly-Hope, Louise
Casas-Sánchez, Aitor
Alraey, Yasser
Alyamani, Essam J.
Halliday, Alice
Balghonaim, Salah M.
Alsohibany, Khalid S.
Alzeyadi, Zeyad
Alzahrani, Mohamed H.
Al-Shahrani, Ali M.
Assiri, Abdullah M.
Memish, Ziad
Acosta-Serrano, Álvaro
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_149dd6f8348640dca75889ef68ddcbb4
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_149dd6f8348640dca75889ef68ddcbb4
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1756-3305
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1756-3305
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10.1186/s13071-019-3453-4
