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Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis [PDF]

Dermatologic Therapy, 2009
Leishmaniasis is a cluster of diseases caused by protozoa in the genus Leishmania. There are three basic clinical forms: cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral leishmaniasis. The present review focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.
Noah Craft
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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Updates in Diagnosis and Management.

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2019
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a diverse human disease caused by more than 20 Leishmania species transmitted by the bite of an infected sand fly. Diagnostic testing is recommended to confirm infection and determine the infecting species.
N. Aronson, Christie A. Joya
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Disseminated Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

International Journal of Dermatology, 1989
Observation chez un patient presentant une plaque ulceree d'apparition progressive depuis 9 mois. Le patient avait sejourne en Irak pendant 3 ans et etait revenu en Inde 3 mois avant le developpement de la lesion. L'examen revele plusieurs autres plaques et un rash erythemateux dans le dos et sur les membres inferieurs.
V K, Sharma, S, Kaur, R C, Mahajan, K, Joshi, B, Kumar   +4 more
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Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2012
Tegumentary leishmaniases are caused by approximately 15 species of protozoa of the genus Leishmania. They prevail in tropical and subtropical areas of the Old and New World but human mobility also makes them a medical problem in nonendemic areas. Clinical manifestations may comprise cutaneous and mucocutaneous forms that may be localized, disseminated,
Hiro Goto, José Angelo Lauletta Lindoso
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Miltefosine and cutaneous leishmaniasis

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2012
Miltefosine is a new oral treatment against leishmaniasis. The evidence about its use in New and Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis is presented and discussed.Miltefosine is being tested with small clinical trials mainly in endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis regions of South America and Iran.
Paulo R L, Machado, Gerson, Penna
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Cryosurgery in cutaneous leishmaniasis

British Journal of Dermatology, 1982
Thirty patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis were treated with cryotherapy using a CO2 cryomachine and all were cured without noticeable scarring within 4-5 weeks, with no relapse. Histopathological examination showed that cryotherapy eradicated all parasites in less than 1 hour. Leishmania tropica, L. ethiopica and L.
A, Bassiouny, M, El Meshad, M, Talaat, K, Kutty, B, Metawaa   +4 more
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Recurrent cutaneous leishmaniasis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1983
A patient is presented who has a 71-year history of recurrent cutaneous leishmaniasis, despite treatment with antimonials, antituberculous drugs, and surgery. Classification and treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis are discussed.
R A, Strick, M, Borok, H C, Gasiorowski
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Old world cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran: clinical variants and treatments

Journal of dermatological treatment (Print), 2019
Background Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis (OWCL) is endemic in Iran and most cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are caused by Leishmania major, and then Leishmania tropica, and rarely by Leishmania infantum.
A. Firooz, H. Mortazavi, A. Khamesipour, M. Ghiasi, R. Abedini, K. Balighi, Nafiseh Esmaili, Mansour Nassiri-Kashani, S. Eskandari, M. Mohebali, Akram Mir Amin Mohammadi, Y. Dowlati   +11 more
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Immunofluorescence in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Dermatologica, 2009
A case of acute cutaneous leishmaniasis is reported in which skin biopsy of the lesion revealed deposits of IgM, fibrinogen and C3 in the blood vessel wall and granular deposits of IgG and C3 at the dermoepidermal junction. No immune complexes were detected in the healthy unaffected skin in the same patient and no circulating immune complexes were ...
S, Brenner, A, Srebrnik, B, Hazaz, A, Krakowski   +3 more
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Dermoscopy of cutaneous leishmaniasis

British Journal of Dermatology, 2009
Dermoscopy has been proposed as a diagnostic tool in the case of skin infections and parasitosis but no specific dermoscopic criteria have been described for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL).To describe the dermoscopic features of CL.Dermoscopic examination (using the DermLite Foto; 3Gen, LLC, Dana Point, CA, U.S.A.) of 26 CL lesions was performed to ...
A, Llambrich, P, Zaballos, F, Terrasa, I, Torne, S, Puig, J, Malvehy   +5 more
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