title: [A comparative study between sodium stibogluconate BP 88R and meglumine antimoniate in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis. I. The efficacy and safety].
abstract: Efficacy and safety of meglumine antimoniate and sodium stibogluconate BP 88R were compared in cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment in Corte de Pedra, Bahia, an endemic area of leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. An open trial was developed with one hundred twenty seven patients who were diagnosed based on clinical criteria and Montenegro's skin test. Fifty eight patients were treated with meglumine antimoniate and 69 received sodium stibogluconate. Both groups received 20 mg/Sbv/kg/day for 20 days. Patients were followed every ten days during treatment and every month thereafter for three months. Sixty two percent patients cured with meglumine antimoniate and 55% cured with sodium stibogluconate (p = 0.42). Headache was more frequent during the first half of treatment in patients receiving sodium stibogluconate (p = 0.026). During the second half, patients treated with sodium stibogluconate showed a greater frequency of myalgia/arthralgia (p = 0.004) and abdominal pain/anorexia (p = 0.004). Three patients treated with sodium stibogluconate had severe side effects.
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Medicina Tropical e Nutrição, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasil.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Saldanha
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Merchan-Hamann
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.forename: V de O
authors.initials: Vde O
authors.lastname: Macedo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000965:Antimony / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007892:Leishmania braziliensis; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008536:Meglumine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate; D008875:Middle Aged; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008536:Meglumine; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate; D000965:Antimony; D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate