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Novel mechanism of drug resistance in kala azar field isolates.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Aug 2003
Singh Neeloo, Singh Ramsing Th, Sundar Shyam
Abstract excerpt
Clinical resistance to pentavalent antimonial drugs in the form of sodium antimony gluconate (SAG) has become a major problem in the treatment of kala azar (visceral leishmaniasis) in India. The mechanism of resistance is unclear in these clinical isolates, although work has been conducted with Leishmania species mutants selected in vitro by stepwise increase of drug concentration, using antimony-related metal...
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