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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access published online on August 5, 2009
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, doi:10.1093/tropej/fmp073
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© The Author [2009]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Case Report

Successful Treatment of Childhood Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with Liposomal Amphotericin B: Report of Two Cases

Teresa del Rosala, Fernando Baquero Artigaoa, Maria J. Garcia Miguela, Raul de Lucasb and Fernando del Castilloa

a Hospital La Paz, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Madrid, Spain
b Hospital La Paz, Department of Pediatric Dermatology, Madrid, Spain

Correspondence: Teresa del Rosal, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid. E-mail: <teredelrosal{at}yahoo.es>.


  Abstract

Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis is sometimes difficult. No single ideal therapy has yet been identified and some of the drugs that are currently used are associated with significant toxicity. We present two cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in children, one caused by Leishmania infantum and the other by Leishmania braziliensis. Both of them were successfully treated with intravenous liposomal amphotericin B.

Key Words: cutaneous leishmaniasis • liposomal amphotericin B • Leishmania infantum • Leishmania braziliensis


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