[A fatal case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis after pentavalent antimonial use].
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.
Oliveira
Márcio Campos
MC
Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN.
Amorim
Rivadávio Fernandes Batista de
RF
Freitas
Roseana de Almeida
Rde A
Costa
Antonio de Lisboa Lopes
Ade L
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008536:Meglumine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate; D008875:Middle Aged; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000009:adverse effects*
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008536:Meglumine; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate