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Combined antiparasitic treatment for neurocysticercosis - Authors' reply
(Elsevier, 2015)
We thank Aba Mahamat and colleagues for their comments on our Article1 and patient data illustrating a difficult case successfully treated with combined albendazole and praziquantel. We do not deem use of the combination ...
Management of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in Latin America: practical recommendations for treatment optimization
(Elsevier, 2014)
The Latin American MS Experts' Forum has developed practical recommendations on the initiation and optimization of disease-modifying therapies in patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). The recommendations ...
Drug-resistance mechanisms and tuberculosis drugs
(Elsevier, 2015)
Bedaquiline and delamanid, novel classes of anti-tuberculosis drugs, have been recently approved for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Antimicrobial resistance invariably follows the introduction of new ...
Treatment With Therapeutic Bandages to Control Equine Postarthroscopic Tibio-Patellofemoral Swelling
(2017-07-01)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of therapeutic bandages, the Kinesio Taping Method (KTM), in controlling swelling following arthroscopic tibio-patellofemoral surgery in horses. In vivo experimental study ...
Treat to target in systemic lupus erythematosus: a commentary
(Springer, 2016)
Treat to target (T2T) strategies have proved to be useful in several chronic disorders, including Rheumatoid Arthritis. In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), T2T strategy has been proposed in order to control disease ...
Association of the Endobiont Double-Stranded RNA Virus LRV1 With Treatment Failure for Human Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Peru and Bolivia
(Oxford University Press, 2015)
Cutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasis, caused in South America by Leishmania braziliensis, is difficult to cure by chemotherapy (primarily pentavalent antimonials [Sb(V)]). Treatment failure does not correlate well with ...
Treatment Failure after Multiple Courses of Triclabendazole among Patients with Fascioliasis in Cusco, Peru: A Case Series
(Public Library of Science, 2016)
Triclabendazole is reported to be highly effective in treatment of human fascioliasis. We present 7 of 19 selected cases of human fascioliasis referred to our center in the Cusco region of Peru that failed to respond to ...
A systematic review and meta-analysis of adjunctive therapies in diabetic foot ulcers
(Elsevier, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Multiple adjunctive therapies have been proposed to accelerate wound healing in patients with diabetes and foot ulcers. The aim of this systematic review is to summarize the best available evidence supporting ...
Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Treatment Outcomes of Isoniazid- and Rifampicin-Mono-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Lima, Peru
(Public Library of Science, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Isoniazid and rifampicin are the two most efficacious first-line agents for tuberculosis (TB) treatment. We assessed the prevalence of isoniazid and rifampicin mono-resistance, associated risk factors, and the ...
Antiparasitic treatment of neurocysticercosis - The effect of cyst destruction in seizure evolution
(Elsevier, 2017)
Antiparasitic agents against Taenia solium cysticercosis have been in use since 1979, although its use has been questioned on the basis that cysts would die naturally and thus treatment-induced inflammation is unnecessary. ...