Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28820697›Full record

ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2017

Case Report: Treatment of Widespread Nodular Post kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis with Extended-Dose Liposomal Amphotericin B in Bangladesh: A Series of Four Cases.

Ariful Basher, Shomik Maruf, Proggananda Nath, Md Golam Hasnain, Muhammod Abdul Mukit, Azim Anuwarul, Fatima Aktar, Rupen Nath, Afm Akhtar Hossain, Abul Hasnat Milton and 4 more

Open access · bronzeAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Liposomal Amphotericin B Treatment and the Leishmaniases.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019
    Article
  2. Comparative efficacy, toxicity and biodistribution of the liposomal amphotericin B formulations FungisomeInternational journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance · 2018
    Article
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Ariful BasherInfectious and Tropical Medicine Department, Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH), Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
Shomik MarufNutrition and Clinical Services Division (NCSD), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Proggananda NathInfectious and Tropical Medicine Department, Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH), Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
Md Golam HasnainCentre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle (UoN), New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
Muhammod Abdul MukitInfectious and Tropical Medicine Department, Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH), Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
Azim AnuwarulInfectious and Tropical Medicine Department, Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH), Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
Fatima AktarNutrition and Clinical Services Division (NCSD), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Rupen NathNutrition and Clinical Services Division (NCSD), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Afm Akhtar HossainNational Kala-azar Elimination Program (NKEP), Directorate General Health Services (DGHS); Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of Bangladesh (GoB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Abul Hasnat MiltonCentre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle (UoN), New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
Dinesh MondalNutrition and Clinical Services Division (NCSD), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Abul Khair Mohammad SumsuzzamanDisease Control Unit, Directorate General Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of Bangladesh (GoB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Ridwanur RahmanDepartment of Medicine, Shaheed Suhrawardi Medical College and Hospital (SSMCH), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
M A FaizDev Care Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research · BDMymensingh Medical College Hospital · BDMinistry of Health and Family Welfare · BDUniversity of Newcastle Australia · AUChild Health Research Foundation · BDShaheed Suhrawardy Medical College · BD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a skin manifestation which usually appears after visceral leishmaniasis. It is now proved that PKDL patients serve as a reservoir for anthropometric leishmanial transmission. Hence, to achieve the kala-azar elimination target set by the World Health Organization in the Indian Subcontinent, PKDL cases should be given priority. The goal of treatment for PKDL should be early reepithelizlization and rapid cure, but unfortunately this has been difficult to achieve, especially for patients with severe lesions. Therefore, we describe here four cases of PKDL who had widespread nodular and macular lesions and were treated with two cycles of LAmB doses with 20 mg/kg body weight divided into four equal doses (each dose contains 5 mg/kg) administered every alternate day. This treatment schedule achieved 100% treatment success with the minimal safety concern.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAmphotericin BAntiprotozoal AgentsBangladeshFemaleHumansLeishmaniaLeishmaniasis, CutaneousLeishmaniasis, VisceralMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeAmphotericin BAntiprotozoal Agents

Identifiers

PMID28820697
PMCPMC5637582
OpenAlexW2745680759

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.