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References

DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-84256

• We recommend that persons with clinical abnormalities compatible with VL and laboratory evidence of VL be treated (Table 3).
• An immunocompetent person is defined as someone without an identified congenital or acquired immune defect (eg, HIV/AIDS).
• For an immunocompetent person with VL, treatment with liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB) is recommended. The FDA-approved dosage regimen is 3 mg/kg/day IV on days 1–5, 14, and 21 (total dose, 21 mg/kg) (Table 3).
• For an immunocompetent person with VL caused by L. donovani, acquired in the Indian subcontinent (South Asia), who is ≥12 years of age, weighs ≥30 kg, and is not pregnant or breastfeeding, treatment with the oral agent miltefosine, 2.5 mg/kg per day (maximum, 150 mg, in 3 divided doses) for 28 days, is a possible alternative to L-AmB, particularly in persons weighing <75 kg (see XXVI and Table 3).
• Pentavalent antimonial therapy (20 mg SbV/kg/day IV or IM for 28 days) is a recommended therapy for immunocompetent persons with VL acquired in areas where the prevalence of antimony-resistant Leishmania species is low (<10%).