Kala-azar in Malta, with some remarks on the various leishmaniases

Unresponsiveness to AmBisome in some Sudanese patients with kala-azar.

In Sudan, two treatments are currently registered for visceral leishmaniasis: sodium stibogluconate (SSG) as first line and liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) as second line. We present 64 patients (52 relapse cases to SSG, 12 new but complicated cases) treated with AmBisome in eastern Sudan. AmBisome was administered at 2.5-8.2mg/kg (15-49mg/kg in total) per dose six times (days 1, 2, 3, 5, 1...

Kala Azar

To the Editor, "Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,?In the communication from Surgn.-Capt. P. W. O'Gorman in your issue for November regarding hda azar I see no mention of the fact of his having made use of the microscope in his search for anchylostomata. If, instead of straining the motion and examining them microscopically, he examines them microscopically according to the directions given by Sonsi...

on some bayesian statistical models in actuarial science with emphasis on claim count

چکیده ندارد.

Agranulocytosis in Kala-Azar

STUDIES ON THE T-CELL PHENOTYPES IN CHILDREN WITH KALA-AZAR IN FARS PROVINCE, IRAN

The subpopulations of T-Iymphocytes were studied in children with visceral leishmaniasis in the active stage of disease prior to treatment (n=28) and in controls (n=15) using specific monoclonal antibodies (Behring OKT3, OKT4 and OKT8). The percentage of total peripheral blood T-Iymphocytes (CD3+ T-cells) in patients were within the same range as those of normal children (71.09± 1.07 vs68.8...