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ArticleActa dermato-venereologica2020

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Treated with Miltefosine: A Case Series of 10 Paediatric Patients.

Ayelet Ollech, Michal Solomon, Amir Horev, Shiran Reiss-Huss, Dan Ben-Amitai, Alex Zvulunov, Rivka Friedland, Vered Atar-Snir, Vered Molho-Pessach, Aviv Barzilai and 1 more

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Article in Acta dermato-venereologica, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Afghanistan.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2025
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  7. Case Report: Extensive Facial Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a Neonate.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ayelet OllechDepartment of Dermatology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital Petach Tikva, Petach Tikva 49100, Israel. E-mail: ayelet.ollech@gmail.com.
Michal Solomon
Amir Horev
Shiran Reiss-Huss
Dan Ben-Amitai
Alex Zvulunov
Rivka Friedland
Vered Atar-Snir
Vered Molho-Pessach
Aviv Barzilai
Shoshana Greenberger
Rabin Medical Center · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cutaneous leishmaniasis poses a therapeutic challenge in the paediatric population. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of miltefosine treatment for Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis in paediatric patients. A multicentre retrospective review of 10 children (≤ 18 years of age) with cutaneous leishmaniasis treated with miltefosine in Israel was performed. Mean ± standard deviation age at diagnosis was 9.1 ± 5.0 years. The Leishmania species diagnosed was L. tropica in 8 cases and Leishmania major in 2 cases. Mean ± standard deviation duration of treatment was 44.8 ± 20.6 days, with a mean follow-up period of 12.1 ± 17.1 months. Complete response was noted in 8 (80%) patients. Treatment failure was noted in 2 (20%) cases. Side-effects related to the medication were minimal. In conclusion, oral miltefosine may be an effective and safe treatment for Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica or Leishmania major in children. However, further studies are warranted to draw a definite conclusion.

Indexed as

Antiprotozoal AgentsLeishmaniasis, CutaneousAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolHumansIsraelPhosphorylcholineRetrospective StudiesAntiprotozoal AgentsmiltefosinePhosphorylcholineamphotericin BLeishmania majorleishmaniasisLeishmania tropicamiltefosinesodium stibogluconate

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PMID33074340
PMCPMC9309834
OpenAlexW3092805040

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