MANAGEMENT OF KALA AZAR – AN UPDATE

Kala azar continues to be a medical problem in India and with the increase in incidence of HIV Infection it is likely that kala azar will be encountered more frequently and in its atypical forms. To aid diagnosis, several immunological tests are now available and they are more sensitive and specific...

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Published in:Medical Journal Armed Forces India
Main Authors: KALRA, SP, BAHL, A, SANCHETEE, Lt Col PC, DHAM, SK
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1996
Subjects:
Update Artide
Azar
Artide
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5530401/
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-1237(17)30800-6
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Summary:Kala azar continues to be a medical problem in India and with the increase in incidence of HIV Infection it is likely that kala azar will be encountered more frequently and in its atypical forms. To aid diagnosis, several immunological tests are now available and they are more sensitive and specific than the aldehyde test. Like many other diseases today, the treatment of kala azar is hampered by drug resistance. Newer drugs are available and so are new delivery systems. Kala azar develops frequently in the HIV infected person before development of AIDS. The presentation is atypical and leishmanial species other than L. donovani may also be the infecting agents. A combination of sandfly control, detection and treatment of patients and prevention of drug resistance continues to the ideal approach for the control of the disease.

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