Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Treatment
on
31.12.08
with
0 comments
You are here: Home » Medicine Notes » Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Treatment
The response to treatment varies according to the species. Drugs for systemic and topical treatment can be used. There is an urgent need for better and cheaper drugs.
Indications for local treatment
lack of risk of developing mucosal lesions
Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis
small, single lesion
absence of lymph node metastasis
Indications for systemic treatment
presence of mucosal lesion or lymph node metastasis
New World cutaneous leishmaniasis, except localised Leishmania mexicana infection
lesions unresponsive to local treatment
Category: Medicine Notes
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
POST COMMENT
0 comments:
Post a Comment