Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Leishmaniasis broadly manifests as visceral leishmaniasis (VL), cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. The treatment of leishmaniasis is challenging and the armamentarium of drugs is small, duration of treatment is long, and most drugs are toxic.
AREAS COVERED
A literature search on treatment of leishmaniasis was done on PubMed. Single dose of liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB) and multidrug therapy (L-AmB + miltefosine, L-AmB + paromomycin (PM), or miltefosine + PM) are the treatment of choice for VL in the Indian subcontinent. A 17-day combination therapy of pentavalent antimonials (Sb(v)) and PM remains the treatment of choice for East African VL. L-AmB at a total dose of 18 - 21 mg/kg is the recommended regimen for VL in the Mediterranean region and South America. Treatment of CL should be decided by the severity of clinical lesions, etiological species and its potential to develop into mucosal leishmaniasis.
EXPERT OPINION
There is an urgent need to implement a single-dose L-AmB or combination therapy in the Indian subcontinent. Shorter and more acceptable regimens are needed for the treatment of post - kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis. Combination therapy with newer drugs needs to be tested in Africa. Due to the toxicity of systemic therapy, a trend toward local treatment for New World CL is preferred in patients without risk of mucosal disease.
TY - JOUR
T1 - An update on pharmacotherapy for leishmaniasis.
AU - Sundar,Shyam,
AU - Chakravarty,Jaya,
Y1 - 2014/10/25/
PY - 2014/10/28/entrez
PY - 2014/10/28/pubmed
PY - 2015/5/12/medline
KW - cutaneous leishmaniasis
KW - kala azar
KW - leishmaniasis
KW - visceral leishmaniasis
SP - 237
EP - 52
JF - Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy
JO - Expert Opin Pharmacother
VL - 16
IS - 2
N2 - INTRODUCTION: Leishmaniasis broadly manifests as visceral leishmaniasis (VL), cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. The treatment of leishmaniasis is challenging and the armamentarium of drugs is small, duration of treatment is long, and most drugs are toxic. AREAS COVERED: A literature search on treatment of leishmaniasis was done on PubMed. Single dose of liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB) and multidrug therapy (L-AmB + miltefosine, L-AmB + paromomycin (PM), or miltefosine + PM) are the treatment of choice for VL in the Indian subcontinent. A 17-day combination therapy of pentavalent antimonials (Sb(v)) and PM remains the treatment of choice for East African VL. L-AmB at a total dose of 18 - 21 mg/kg is the recommended regimen for VL in the Mediterranean region and South America. Treatment of CL should be decided by the severity of clinical lesions, etiological species and its potential to develop into mucosal leishmaniasis. EXPERT OPINION: There is an urgent need to implement a single-dose L-AmB or combination therapy in the Indian subcontinent. Shorter and more acceptable regimens are needed for the treatment of post - kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis. Combination therapy with newer drugs needs to be tested in Africa. Due to the toxicity of systemic therapy, a trend toward local treatment for New World CL is preferred in patients without risk of mucosal disease.
SN - 1744-7666
UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/25346016/An_update_on_pharmacotherapy_for_leishmaniasis_
L2 - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1517/14656566.2015.973850
DB - PRIME
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -