Drug resistance and treatment failure in leishmaniasis: A 21st century challenge

A Ponte-Sucre, F Gamarro, JC Dujardin… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Reevaluation of treatment guidelines for Old and New World leishmaniasis is urgently
needed on a global basis because treatment failure is an increasing problem. Drug …

Recent development of visceral leishmaniasis treatments: successes, pitfalls, and perspectives

F Alves, G Bilbe, S Blesson, V Goyal… - Clinical microbiology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Research in visceral leishmaniasis in the last decade has been focused on how better to
use the existing medicines as monotherapy or in combination. Systematic research by …

Diagnosis and treatment of leishmaniasis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society of Tropical …

N Aronson, BL Herwaldt, M Libman… - Clinical infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
It is important to realize that leishmaniasis guidelines cannot always account for individual
variation among patients. They are not intended to supplant physician judgment with respect …

An update on pharmacotherapy for leishmaniasis

S Sundar, J Chakravarty - Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Leishmaniasis broadly manifests as visceral leishmaniasis (VL), cutaneous
leishmaniasis (CL) and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. The treatment of leishmaniasis is …

Chemotherapy of leishmaniasis: present challenges

SRB Uliana, CT Trinconi, AC Coelho - Parasitology, 2018 - cambridge.org
Cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis are amongst the most devastating infectious diseases
of our time, affecting millions of people worldwide. The treatment of these serious diseases …

Current and emerging medications for the treatment of leishmaniasis

J Chakravarty, S Sundar - Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne neglected tropical disease which manifests as
visceral leishmaniasis (VL), cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), and mucocutaneous …

Preclinical candidate for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis that acts through proteasome inhibition

S Wyllie, S Brand, M Thomas… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), caused by the protozoan parasites Leishmania donovani and
Leishmania infantum, is one of the major parasitic diseases worldwide. There is an urgent …

Why miltefosine—a life-saving drug for leishmaniasis—is unavailable to people who need it the most

T Sunyoto, J Potet, M Boelaert - BMJ global health, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Miltefosine, the only oral drug approved for the treatment of leishmaniasis—a parasitic
disease transmitted by sandflies—is considered as a success story of research and …

Leishmaniasis revisited: current aspects on epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment

SP Georgiadou, KP Makaritsis… - Journal of Translational …, 2015 - degruyter.com
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus
Leishmania. It is transmitted by phlebotomine female sand flies of the genera Phlebotomus …

An update on the clinical pharmacology of miltefosine in the treatment of leishmaniasis

S Palić, JH Beijnen, TPC Dorlo - International Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Miltefosine is an alkylphosphocholine agent with a broad spectrum of antiparasitic
properties. For over two decades, miltefosine has remained the only oral drug licensed and …