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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Healing of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis in travelers treated with fluconazole: Drug effect or spontaneous evolution?
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 76, No. 1, Year 2007
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The efficacy of fluconazole was evaluated in 35 travelers with parasitologically proven imported Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Leishmania major (mainly MON-25) was identified in 15 patients and strongly suspected given the transmission area in 12 of these patients. Daily oral fluconazole (200 mg/day for adults and 2.5 mg/kg/day for children) was prescribed for six weeks. Outcome definition was based on re-epithelialization rate at day 50. Of the 27 L. major-infected patients, 12 (44.4%) were cured. This cure rate is similar to the placebo cure rate from trials in L. major CL in which, as in the present report, the definition of outcome relied exclusively on re-epithelialization. These data question the assumption that oral fluconazole is consistently effective for treatment of CL caused by L. major. Copyright © 2007 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Authors & Co-Authors
Morizot, Gloria
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Delgiudice, Pascal
France
Centre Hospitalier de Fréjus
Caumes, Éric
France, Paris
Ap-hp Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris
Laffitte, Emmanuel A.
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Marty, Pierre M.
France, Nice
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Dupuy, Alain
France, Paris
Ap-hp Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris
Sarfati, Claudine
France, Paris
Ap-hp Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris
Hadj-Rabia, Smaïl
France, Paris
Ap-hp Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris
Darie, Hervé
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Le Guern, Anne Sophie
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Ben Salah, Afif A.
Tunisia, Tunis
Institut Pasteur de Tunis
Pratlong, Francine
France, Montpellier
Centre National de Référence Des Leishmania
Dedet, Jean Pierre
France, Montpellier
Centre National de Référence Des Leishmania
Grögl, Max
United States, Honolulu
Tripler Regional Med Center
Buffet, Pierre A.
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Statistics
Citations: 71
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.2007.76.48
ISSN:
00029637
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health