Table 2.
Adverse event | ILSb-3 injections | ILSb-5 injections | ILPenta-120-3 injections | ||||||
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Mild | Moderate | Severe | Mild | Moderate | Severe | Mild | Moderate | Severe | |
Myalgias | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nausea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sterile abscess | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Low blood pressure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Low glucose | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Local irritation | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Local pain | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
ILPenta = intralesional pentamidine; ILSb = intralesional therapy with antimony; nd = not done. For definitions of mild/moderate/severe, see Materials and Methods.