[A fatal case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis after pentavalent antimonial use]

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2005 May-Jun;38(3):258-60. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822005000300011. Epub 2005 May 4.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

The authors report a case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in a 45-year-old patient who was unsuccessfully treated with pentavalent antimonial for 30 days. After 10 days from the initial treatment and before starting a new therapeutic regimen with the same drug the patient died due to sudden cardiac arrest.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antiprotozoal Agents / adverse effects*
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Meglumine / adverse effects*
  • Meglumine Antimoniate
  • Middle Aged
  • Nose Diseases / drug therapy
  • Nose Diseases / etiology
  • Oral Ulcer / drug therapy
  • Oral Ulcer / etiology
  • Organometallic Compounds / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Meglumine
  • Meglumine Antimoniate