pentavalent antimonials are still the first drug of choice for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl). like other treatments, they can cause adverse reactions including musculoskeletal pain , gastrointestinal disturbances, and mild to moderate headaches. in this paper, we report the first case of an infant who developed acute urticaria after her mother’s parenteral use of meglumine antim...

The influence of Q wave acute anteroseptal myocardial infarction (MI) on the sensitivity of the voltage electrocardiographic criteria of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) was assessed in this study. Patients with Q wave acute anteroseptal myocardial infarction but without echocardiographic (echo) LVH, showed augmentation of QS deflections in leads V1 and / or V2 , and of R waves in V6. Utiliza...

Pentavalent technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid ((99m)Tc-(V)DMSA) is a tumor-seeking agent which was introduced to evaluate, image, and manage many types of cancers. In this review, the beginning of, and the most recent applications of using this agent was appraised. The relation with tumor cell detection and proliferation was reported and several mechanisms of uptake of (99m)Tc-(V)DMSA in t...

The toxic effects of arsenicals are significantly modified by numerous biological and abiotic factors. The toxicity of arsenic in the environment is affected by temperature, pH, Eh, organic content, phosphate concentration, adsorption to solid matrices, the presence of other substances and toxicants, duration of exposure and the arsenic species present. In general, inorganic arsenicals are more...

Seventeen patients proceeding from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil presenting with the cutaneous ulcerative form of American leishmaniasis were treated with one ampoule of pentavalent antimony daily for 30 days. With this regimen the individuals doses varies greatly: from 3.8 mg/kg of body weight to 22.3 mg/kg. After five years, patients receiving either a smaller dose or a bigger on...

Antitumor Activity, Phosphorus Compounds A series of pentavalent phosphorus compounds containing the nitroxyl and/or aziridinyl moieties was evaluated for antitumor activity against P 388 and L 1210 lymphocytic leukemias, and compared to the clinical agent thio-TEPA (1). The compounds with the structures 5-13 were found to be active, with a T/C value greater than 125. The percent ILS was also d...

The 8-aminoquinoline tafenoquine showed significant in vitro activity against Leishmania species, including L. donovani amastigotes in macrophages, with 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC(50)s) between 0.1 and 4.0 μM for both pentavalent antimony (SbV)-sensitive and SbV-resistant strains and by oral administration in BALB/c mice, with 50% effective dose (ED(50)) values of 1.2 to 3.5 mg/kg for 5 ...