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Volume 30, Number 3—March 2024
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Disseminated Leishmaniasis, a Severe Form of Leishmania braziliensis Infection

Paulo R.L. MachadoComments to Author , Alexsandro Lago, Thiago M. Cardoso, Andréa Magalhaes, Lucas P. Carvalho, Tainã Lago, Augusto M. Carvalho, Rúbia Costa, and Edgar M. Carvalho
Author affiliations: Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil (P.R.L. Machado, A. Lago, A. Magalhaes, L.P. Carvalho, T. Lago, R. Costa, E.M. Carvalho); National Institute of Science and Technology of Tropical Diseases (INCT-DT), Brasília, Brazil (P.R.L. Machado, L.P. Carvalho, A.M. Carvalho, E.M. Carvalho); Fiocruz, Salvador (T.M. Cardoso, A. Magalhaes, L.P. Carvalho, A.M. Carvalho, R. Costa, E.M. Carvalho)

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Figure 3

Kaplan-Meyer curve showing time to cure in the 2 groups of DL patients treated with meglumine antimoniate in monotherapy, Corte de Pedra Health Post, Brazil, 2016–2019. Patients with >50 lesions (n = 40) and <40 lesions (n = 55) were treated with meglumine antimoniate (20 mg/kg/d) for 20 days (p = 0.0012 by log-rank test). DL, disseminated leishmaniasis.

Figure 3. Kaplan-Meyer curve showing time to cure in the 2 groups of DL patients treated with meglumine antimoniate in monotherapy, Corte de Pedra Health Post, Brazil, 2016–2019. Patients with >50 lesions (n = 40) and <40 lesions (n = 55) were treated with meglumine antimoniate (20 mg/kg/d) for 20 days (p = 0.0012 by log-rank test). DL, disseminated leishmaniasis.

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