Aureomycin in Kala-Azar
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Impact of amphotericin-B in the treatment of kala-azar on the incidence of PKDL in Bihar, India.
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Of the two reservoirs of infection of kala-azar i.e., patients of kala-azar and post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL), PKDL provides easy access for the sandfly to pick up the parasites. In the last epidemic of 1977 in India, the importance of PKDL as a potential cause of increase in number of kala-azar cases was ignored. During recent years, we found an increase in ...
متن کاملDNA polymorphism assay distinguishes isolates of Leishmania donovani that cause kala-azar from those that cause post-kala-azar dermal Leishmaniasis in humans.
Leishmania donovani in India causes visceral infection (kala-azar) and dermal infection (post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis). We report here the identification of polymorphism in a well-defined genetic locus among the Leishmania parasites causing the visceral and dermal manifestations, in a comparison of 15 post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis and 12 kala-azar patient isolates.
متن کاملSpatial and temporal variation and hotspot detection of kala-azar disease in Vaishali district (Bihar), India
BACKGROUND An improved understanding in transmission variation of kala-azar is fundamental to conduct surveillance and implementing disease prevention strategies. This study investigated the spatio-temporal patterns and hotspot detection for reporting kala-azar cases in Vaishali district based on spatial statistical analysis. METHODS Epidemiological data from the study area during 2007-2011 w...
متن کاملPost-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis in Mymensingh, Bangladesh
the patient had visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar), successfully treated with 30 intramuscular injections of sodium stibogluconate (SSG). Polymerase chain reaction showed Leishmania donovani DNA in a buffy coat specimen. Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a chronic skin rash usually seen in apparently cured kala-azar patients in East Africa and South Asia. In the Indian subcontinent,...
متن کاملSeptic Arthritis Caused by Streptococcus suis Serotype 5 in Pig Farmer
1. Rogers L. The epidemic malarial fever of Assam, or kala-azar, successfully eradicated from tea garden lines. Br Med J. 1898; 2:891–2. 2. Price JD, Rogers L. The uniform success of segregation measures in eradicating Kala-azar from Assam tea gardens: it is bearing on the probable mode of infection. BMJ. 1914;1:285–9. http://dx.doi. org/10.1136/bmj.1.2771.285 3. Kaul SM, Sharma RS, Borgohain B...
متن کامل