Abstract
We analyzed data obtained from 3365 patients with kala-azar (KA) or post-KA dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) treated by Medecins Sans Frontieres-Holland in south Sudan from October 1998-May 2002. Patients were malnourished (median body mass index [BMI], 15.5; median weight for height [WFH], 75.5%) and anemic (median hemoglobin (Hb) level, 8.5 g/dL). The proportion of patients with primary KA who were children 850 mg per day did not decrease the chances of survival. Risk factors for death among adults were age > or =45 years (odds ratio [OR], 4.6), malnutrition (BMI, or =5 months; OR, 2.3). Risk factors for death among children and adolescents were age
| Translated title of the contribution | Conflict and kala-azar: determinants of adverse outcomes of kala-azar among patients in southern Sudan |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 612 - 619 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Clinical Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 38 |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2004 |
