1. Guidelines for treatment of leishmaniasis in dogs.
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Oliva, Gaetano, Roura, Xavier, Crotti, Alberto, Maroli, Michele, Castagnaro, Massimo, Gradoni, Luigi, Lubas, George, Paltrinieri, Saverio, Zatelli, Andrea, and Zini, Eric
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LEISHMANIASIS treatment , *DOG diseases , *VETERINARY therapeutics , *DRUG efficacy , *FLUOROQUINOLONES - Abstract
The article focuses on the guidelines for leishmaniasis treatment in dogs. It states that dogs treated with meglumine antimoniate-allopurinol combination displayed a longer period of medical remission than dogs treated with either of the two drugs. It mentions that enrofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which enhances the macrophage killing action against leishmaniasis.
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- 2010
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