Antibiotic cream has high cure rate, few side effects in treating cutaneous leishmaniasis
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 - 23:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have demonstrated a high cure rate and remarkably few side effects in treating patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) with an investigational antibiotic cream. CL is a parasitic disease that causes disfiguring lesions, with 350 million people at risk worldwide and 1.5 million new cases annually.