Abstract
Old World mucosal leishmaniasis is a rare but regularly reported disease in Southern Europe. We report the case of a 64-year-old woman who developed severe hypokalemia under meglumine antimoniate treatment and was successfully treated under second line therapy with miltefosine.
© 2011 International Society of Travel Medicine.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Anti-Allergic Agents / therapeutic use
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Antiprotozoal Agents / administration & dosage
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Antiprotozoal Agents / adverse effects
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Arrhythmias, Cardiac / diagnosis
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Arrhythmias, Cardiac / etiology
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Biopsy
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Drug Administration Routes
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Drug Substitution
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Electrocardiography
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Endemic Diseases*
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Exanthema / chemically induced
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Exanthema / therapy
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Female
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Greece
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Humans
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Hypokalemia* / blood
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Hypokalemia* / chemically induced
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Hypokalemia* / complications
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Hypokalemia* / therapy
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Insect Vectors*
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Italy
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Leishmania infantum* / drug effects
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Leishmania infantum* / isolation & purification
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Leishmaniasis, Visceral* / complications
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Leishmaniasis, Visceral* / diagnosis
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Leishmaniasis, Visceral* / drug therapy
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Leishmaniasis, Visceral* / physiopathology
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Leishmaniasis, Visceral* / transmission
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Meglumine Antimoniate
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Meglumine* / administration & dosage
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Meglumine* / adverse effects
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Middle Aged
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Morocco
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Mouth Mucosa / pathology
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Oral Ulcer* / drug therapy
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Oral Ulcer* / etiology
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Oral Ulcer* / pathology
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Oral Ulcer* / physiopathology
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Organometallic Compounds* / administration & dosage
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Organometallic Compounds* / adverse effects
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Phosphorylcholine / administration & dosage
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Phosphorylcholine / adverse effects
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Phosphorylcholine / analogs & derivatives*
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Potassium / blood
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Potassium / therapeutic use
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Psychodidae*
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Spain
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Travel*
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Treatment Outcome
Substances
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Anti-Allergic Agents
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Antiprotozoal Agents
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Organometallic Compounds
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Phosphorylcholine
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miltefosine
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Meglumine
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Meglumine Antimoniate
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Potassium