2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.08.002
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Evaluation of benznidazole treatment combined with nifurtimox, posaconazole or AmBisome® in mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi strains

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“…Parasite persistence is considered a key cause of chagasic cardiomyopathy in humans. 52 Therefore, the observed reduction in cardiac parasite burden suggests protection from parasite-driven cardiac damage. This protection will be a key feature of a therapeutic vaccine for Chagas disease.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Parasite persistence is considered a key cause of chagasic cardiomyopathy in humans. 52 Therefore, the observed reduction in cardiac parasite burden suggests protection from parasite-driven cardiac damage. This protection will be a key feature of a therapeutic vaccine for Chagas disease.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…De estas opciones terapéuticas, la que se usa con mayor frecuencia es benznidazol, ya que se ha demostrado que es mejor tolerado por los pacientes (14)(15)(16) .…”
Section: Manejo Actual De La Tripanosomiasis Americanaunclassified
“…A pesar de la poca efectividad con que cuentan estos medicamentos en fases crónicas de la parasitosis, se ha demostrado que el uso de benznidazol en pacientes en estadios avanzados detiene la progresión de las lesiones cardiacas, como la miocardiopatía infecciosa y el estado protrombótico asociado a la presencia del parásito en la sangre, haciendo de este tratamiento la mejor opción disponible actualmente para el tratamiento de la tripanosomiasis americana en cualquier fase (15,24,27) .…”
Section: Manejo Actual De La Tripanosomiasis Americanaunclassified
“…To this aim, three different strategies have been proposed to select a suitable combination partner for azoles. The partner could be a drug such as benznidazole, which is 100% cidal itself and additive in action with posaconazole [44][45][46]. It could also be a drug that is not 100% cidal itself but shows synergistic interaction with posaconazole, such as amiodarone, amlodipine, or clemastine [46,47].…”
Section: Concluding Remarks and Outstanding Questionsmentioning
confidence: 99%