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HYPERTONIC SODIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION, PENTOSTAM AND SILVER NITRATE FOR TREATMENT OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS | ||
| The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine (IJVM) | ||
| Article 14, Volume 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-150 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| MOHAMMED A. KADIR; HAYDER A. EL-GORBAN | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study was conducted on 107 patients of cutaneous leishmaniasis, from Dour town, Salahadeen province attending the Dermatology Department of Saddam General Hospital, Tikrit. Patients were divided to 4 groups for purpose of treatment and comparison, followed up for two months duration. Group A: treated with intralesional hypertonic sodium chloride solution (9 % HSCS). Group B: treated with intralesional pentostam injection, 1 cc. per day for 6 consecutive days. Group C: treated with silver nitrate cauterization one to two doses of three days interval. Group D: left without treatment as a control group. It was found that the efficacy of 9% hypertonic sodium chloride solution and pentostam were 94% and silver nitrate was 78%. No patient cured among untreated control group. It was concluded that the efficacy of sodium chloride solution and pentostam was greater than silver nitrate solution. | ||
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