## Abstract **Background** Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in Surinam. The disease was treated until the early 1970s with pentavalent antimony. Pentamidine mesylate was introduced by Niemel in 1973 for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Surinam. **Materials and methods** In
The efficacy of pentamidine combined with allopurinol and immunotherapy for the treatment of patients with diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis
β Scribed by Ingeborg Becker; Patricia Volkow; Oscar Velasco-Castrejon; Norma Salaiza-Suazo; Miriam Berzunza-Cruz; Jose Sotero-Delgado Dominguez; Armando Morales-Vargas; Adriana Ruiz-Remigio; Ruy Perez-Montfort
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 356 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1955
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