melarsoprol

Related to melarsoprol: Nifurtimox, Suramin, Eflornithine

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melarsoprol

n melarsoprol m

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The HAT disease can be treated by using drugs such as suramin, eflornithine, melarsoprol, and pentamidine.

Mathematical Modelling of Human African Trypanosomiasis Using Control Measures

suramina sdica, melarsoprol, cloridrato de eflornitina para tratamento de tripanossomiase africana e vacina para encefalopatia japonesa, pois sao farmacos destinados ao tratamento de doencas nao prevalentes no pais; e vi.

The essentiality and rationality of the Brazilian national listing of essential medicines/Essencialidade e racionalidade da relacao nacional de medicamentos essenciais do Brasil

Gyurasics, "Role of glutathione in the biliary excretion of the arsenical drugs trimelarsan and melarsoprol," Biochemical Pharmacology, vol.

NRF2 Is a Potential Modulator of Hyperresistance to Arsenic Toxicity in Stem-Like Keratinocytes

TbAQP2 knockout cells also were found to be cross-resistant to melarsoprol and pentamidine (Baker et al., 2012).

Number and regulation of protozoan aquaporins reflect environmental complexity

Melarsoprol was used to treat late stage of the disease (Gull 2002; Nok 2003).

Bioassay-guided isolation of a sesquiterpene lactone of deoxyelephantopin from Elephantopus scaber Linn, active on Trypanosome brucei rhodesience

In the 1940s, melarsoprol was introduced to treat the neurological phase, but it produces serious side-effects such as convulsions, coma and psychotic episodes in as many as 10% of people treated with it.

Hunt Africa, become a zombie?

The currently available drugs for trypanosomiasis treatment include pentamidine (8), melarsoprol (9), and eflornithine (10).

Effect of ivermectin on Trypanosoma brucei brucei in experimentally infected mice

brucei rhodensiense, Suramin 1 g intravenously on day 1, 3, 5, 14 and 21, is a drug of choice in haemolymphatic stage, while Melarsoprol 2-3.6 mg/ kg/day for three days (3 courses; 7 days apart) is suggested for CNS disease.

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS: A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AT UNITED NATION MISSION IN LIBERIA - CASE REPORT

rhodesiense infection is treated with melarsoprol, a highly toxic arsenical which causes a severe reactive encephalopathy in -10% of patients, half of whom die as a result (10).

Multiorgan dysfunction caused by travel-associated African trypanosomiasis

Once the disease has crossed the blood-brain barrier and entered the central nervous system the most commonly used treatment is an intravenous course of the arsenic-based drug melarsoprol.