A clinical severity scoring system for visceral leishmaniasis in immunocompetent patients in South Sudan.

Suzette S KäminkSimon M CollinTim HarrisonFrancis GatluakAbdul Wasay MullahzadaKoert Ritmeijer

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2017)

Our evidenced-based severity scoring system demonstrated sufficient predictive ability to be operationalised as a clinical tool for rational allocation of treatment to VL patients at MSF centres in South Sudan.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
smoking cessation