Pharmacokinetics of Miltefosine in Children and Adults with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
del Mar Castro M, Gomez MA, Kip AE, Cossio A, Ortiz E, Navas A, Dorlo TP, Saravia NG. Pharmacokinetics of Miltefosine in Children and Adults with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy 2017, 61: 10.1128/aac.02198-16. PMID: 27956421, PMCID: PMC5328512, DOI: 10.1128/aac.02198-16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous leishmaniasisMiltefosine concentrationsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsInitiation of treatmentCompletion of treatmentBlood mononuclear cellsEnd of treatmentOutcome of treatmentConcentration-time curvePharmacokinetic clinical trialsClinical responsePediatric patientsPediatric populationMononuclear cellsTherapeutic regimensDrug exposureClinical trialsNoncompartmental analysisParasite eliminationTherapeutic outcomesStudy participantsMiltefosinePatientsLiquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometryPK differences