Efficacy and Safety of Paromomycin in Treatment of Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis

Table 1

Baseline characteristics and comparison of biochemical parameters at days 0, 30, and 45*.

Parameters	Followup (days)			𝑃 value
	Day 0 (𝑛=31)	Day 30 (𝑛=31)	Day 45 (𝑛=31)	0 versus 30 days	0 versus 45 days
Age (years) ± SD	17.10±8.05
Sex, number (%)
Male	22 (70.9)
Female	9 (29.1)
Weight (kg) ± SD	41.48±13.67
Hb (gm%) ± SD	12.33±1.94	11.89±1.89	12.03±1.85	0.536	0.502
Wbc (/mm^3) ± SD	9056.64±3190.26	9748±3604.82	9525.92±3558.80	0.328	0.456
Platelets (/mm^3) ± SD	216258.06±81649.24	246760±84001.13	248111.11±84413.51	0.438	0.029**
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) ± SD	0.67±0.16	0.6496±0.18	0.7±0.22	0.62	0.54
SGPT (IU) ± SD	29.38±13.50	30.19±8.53	31.80±10.57	0.796	0.456

∗Calculated by using paired Student’s 𝑡-test.
∗∗Significant at 5% level of significance.
SD: standard deviation.