Date of Release: 2011

Topical Fluconazole Combined with Local Glucantime Injection Compared with Local Glucantime Injections in Treatment of Leishmaniasis

Abstract: Background: Leishmaniasis is one of the 6<sup>th</sup> important infectious diseases in the world that has been certificated as an endemic disease in Iran. The aim of this study was comparison of two methods of treatment included flouconazole with glucantime and glucantime alone in treatment of leishmaniosis. Methods: In this double blind prospective clinical trial, 100 patients with confirmed cutaneous leishmaniasis were enrolled and randomized in to two groups. Fifty patients (group A) treated with topical flouconazole twice daily along with intralesional of glucantime once weekly until complete healing of the ulcer of for maximum of 6 weeks and fifty patients (group B) were treated with topical placebo twice daily along with intralesional injection of glucantime once weekly until complete healing of the ulcer of for maximum of 6 weeks, The patients were followed for three months. Finding: In group A, 32 (64%) patients had complete cure whereas in the group B, 19 (38%) patients achieved complete cure with significantly difference (p&lt;0.001) Conclusion: the efficacy of foluconazole along with glucantime is more than placebo along glucontime in the treatment of cutaneous leshmaniasis. Also Fluconazale decrease the time of healing and the dose of glucantime that is needed for the treatment of cutaneous leshmaniasis.Future studies are warranted(English). Copyright of Journal of Isfahan Medical School is the property of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder’s express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract
Topical Fluconazole Combined with Local Glucantime Injection Compared with Local Glucantime Injections in Treatment of Leishmaniasis