2003
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-40422003000400018
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Antimoniais empregados no tratamento da leishmaniose: estado da arte

Abstract: are the drugs of choice for the treatment of leishmaniasis over 90 years, a disease that currently affects 12 million people worldwide. Its introduction was based on 19 th century concepts of therapeutic effects of metal salts as arsenicals and other metals, most of them abandoned due to toxic effects or better drugs. In the last three decades, there was a great improvement in the knowledge of cell biology and immunology of those infections, but chemotherapy has not been improved in the same strength. The stru… Show more

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“…As manifestações clínicas são resultantes de complexas interações entre o parasito e a resposta imune do indivíduo infectado (Grevelink & Lerner, 1996;Herwaldt, 1999). No Brasil, a LTA e a LV ocorrem em todo o território nacional e são endêmicas nas regiões Norte e Nordeste, devido principalmente às características econômicas e culturais dessas populações, predominando nos estados da Bahia, Ceará, Piauí e Maranhão (Ministério da Saúde, 2000; Rath et al, 2003).…”
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“…As manifestações clínicas são resultantes de complexas interações entre o parasito e a resposta imune do indivíduo infectado (Grevelink & Lerner, 1996;Herwaldt, 1999). No Brasil, a LTA e a LV ocorrem em todo o território nacional e são endêmicas nas regiões Norte e Nordeste, devido principalmente às características econômicas e culturais dessas populações, predominando nos estados da Bahia, Ceará, Piauí e Maranhão (Ministério da Saúde, 2000; Rath et al, 2003).…”
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“…The available chemotherapy for leishmaniasis relies upon pentavalent antimonial (Sb v ) compounds, i.e. sodium stibogluconate (pentostam) or meglumine antimoniate (glucantime), which even though are still the first-line drugs, but are not totally safe and/or efficacious 3 . For the treatment of unresponsive cases, amphotericin B and pentamidine can be used, though they are not fully effective either and exhibit adverse side effects 4 .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In Brazil, leishmaniasis affects nineteen states, with approximately 90% of human cases related to the Northeast and there are major outbreaks in the Midwest, Southeast and North (Rath et al, 2003;Rocha et al, 2005;Gil et al, 2008). The treatment of leishmaniasis is based on complexes of trivalent or pentavalent antimony and the patients treated with this drug present some cardiotoxicity and gastrointestinal intolerances.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%