Delayed results of treatment of paracoccidioidomycosis with amphotericin B plus sulfamides versus amphotericin B alone

A delayed evaluation of two groups of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis was carried out. Both groups were treated with amphotericin B, "but one of them was submitted to maintenance treatment with sulfonamides. Statistical analysis showed that treatment is more effective when patients are mai...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Neuza Lima Dillon, Sebastião A. P. Sampaio, Marta Cassoni Habermann, Silvio Alencar Marques, Joel Carlos Lastória, Hamilton Ometto Stolf, Nilson Camargo de Andrade Selva, Paulo Roberto Curi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1986
Subjects:
Human paracoccidioidomycosis
Treatment with amphotericin and sulfamides
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651986000400009
https://doaj.org/article/1ab0284429de45bc9693501034912ed0
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Summary:A delayed evaluation of two groups of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis was carried out. Both groups were treated with amphotericin B, "but one of them was submitted to maintenance treatment with sulfonamides. Statistical analysis showed that treatment is more effective when patients are maintained with sulfonamide drugs.

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