CLINICAL CASE OF DELAYED TREATMENT OF VISCERAL LEISCHMANIASIS
Keywords:
visceral leishmaniasis, L. infantum, diagnosis, Sol. meglumine antimonate.Abstract
This article provides brief information about the etiology, epidemiology, clinical picture, diagnosis and etiotropic therapy of visceral leishmaniasis. Also, the article presents a clinical case of Mediterranean-Central Asian (childhood) visceral leishmaniasis in a 5-year-old boy. The development of the clinical picture of the disease, laboratory and instrumental research methods are described in detail. For the purpose of etiotropic therapy, the patient was prescribed Sol. Meglumine antimonate (Glucantim) according to a regimen that gave a good therapeutic effect.
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