Risk factors for adverse prognosis and death in American visceral leishmaniasis: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the current context of high fatality rates associated with American visceral leishmaniasis (VL), the appropriate use of prognostic factors to identify patients at higher risk of unfavorable outcomes represents a potential tool for clinical practice. This systematic review brings together information reported in studies conducted in Latin America, on the potential predictors of adverse prognosis (continued evolution of the initial clinical conditions of the patient despite the implementation of treatment, independent of the occurrence of death) and death from VL. The limitations of the existing knowledge, the advances achieved and the approaches to be used in future research are presented.

Methods/principal findings

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SUBMITTER: Belo VS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4109848 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature