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Cutaneous leishmaniasis.

open access: yes, 2007
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in the tropics and neotropics. It is often referred to as a group of diseases because of the varied spectrum of clinical manifestations, which range from small cutaneous nodules to gross mucosal tissue destruction ...
Claude Pirmez   +17 more
core   +1 more source

American cutaneous leishmaniasis in domestic dogs: an example of the use of the polymerase chain reaction for mass screening in epidemiological studies. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) are firmly incriminated as reservoir hosts of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis. As an increasing number of studies have reported high infection rates with American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in dogs, it is suggested ...
Reithinger, R, Davies, CR
core   +1 more source

Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients: A report of two cases

open access: yesAsian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2021
Rationale: Co-infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Leishmania spp. has impact on clinical and therapeutic outcomes of leishmaniases.
Camila F Araujo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leishmanial antigens in the diagnosis of active lesions and ancient scars of American tegumentary leishmaniasis patients

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001
Cutaneous biopsies (n = 94) obtained from 88 patients with American tegumentary leishmaniasis were studied by conventional and immunohistochemical techniques.
Armando Schubach   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disseminated American cutaneous leishmaniasis in a patient with AIDS [PDF]

open access: yesMemórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1987
Chez un homme de 57 ans marie, vivant au sein de sa famille dans de bonnes conditions l'examen clinique montre de nombreuses papules ou nodules cutanes erythemateux, non ulceres sur la face, le thorax et les membres inferieurs, de diametre variable. Le SIDA aurait ete acquis par contact heterosexuel lors d'un voyage.
Coura, J. Rodrigues   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The sandfly vectors and epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Landazury Focus, Colombia. [PDF]

open access: yes
This thesis describes a comprehensive cohort study of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in a population of 2,704 followed over a period of 19 months, in the Opon focus, Landazury, Santander, Colombia.
Munoz-Mantilla, Gerardo
core   +1 more source

Age-related alteration of arginase activity impacts on severity of leishmaniasis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
BACKGROUND: The leishmaniases are a group of vector-borne parasitic diseases that represent a major international public health problem; they belong to the most neglected tropical diseases and have one of the highest rates of morbidity and mortality. The
Asrat Hailu   +40 more
core   +2 more sources

Systemic treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesJournal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, EarlyView.
This systematic review and meta‐analysis assessed systemic treatments for cutaneous leishmaniasis across 83 studies and 4603 patients. Treatment efficacies of meglumine antimoniate, miltefosine, azoles, pentamidine, and liposomal amphotericin B varied by region and species. Miltefosine showed consistent evidence across multiple settings.
Maximilian Egg   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

American tegumentary leishmaniasis: epidemiological and molecular characterization of prevalent Leishmania species in the State of Tocantins, Brazil, 2011-2015

open access: yesRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2017
Determination of the epidemiological profile of the American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) and identification of Leishmania species that are prevalent in the State of Tocantins were carried out through a retrospective and descriptive study based on ...
Carina Scolari Gosch   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of Miltefosine for the Treatment of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis [PDF]

open access: yesThe American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010
Miltefosine is an oral agent used for cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment. An open-label, randomized, phase III clinical trial was carried out in the Colombian army population. Miltefosine, 50 mg capsule was taken orally three times per day for 28 days (N = 145) or meglumine antimoniate, 20 mg/kg body weight per day for 20 days by intramuscular injection
Iván, Vélez   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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