All types of leishmaniasis are treated with compounds of antimony, such as sodium stibogluconate.
Combining sodium stibogluconate (SB) with paromomycin (PM) may be an efficient alternative to single-agent therapy.
He was treated with 28 days of intravenous sodium stibogluconate for disseminated leishmaniasis with central nervous system involvement.
Selectivity indices (S.I). of all these compounds are far better than sodium stibogluconate (SSG) and miltefosine used as standard drugs.
Selectivity indices (S.I). of all these compounds are far better than reference drugs, sodium stibogluconate (SSG) and miltefosine.
The IC50 values of these compounds were found better than the reference drugs sodium stibogluconate (SSG) and miltefosine.
Most of the first line drugs available for the treatment of leishmaniasis such as sodium stibogluconate, meglumine antimoniate, pentamidine etc. cause serious side effects and toxicity [57].
He was maintained on sodium stibogluconate and a tapering dose of oral corticosteroids, and his vision continued to improve to 6/9 in the left eye.
Two antimony compounds, sodium stibogluconate and stibophen, are used as antiparasitical drugs.
Treating patients imposes an additional stress on the parasite and sodium stibogluconate (SSG) was used for over 70 years in the Indian subcontinent.
We treated kala-azar case-patients with sodium stibogluconate (SSG).
