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Recurrent cutaneous leishmaniasis [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2013
We present a case of an 18-year-old male patient who, after two years of inappropriate treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis, began to show nodules arising at the edges of the former healing scar. He was immune competent and denied any trauma. The diagnosis of recurrent cutaneous leishmaniasis was made following positive culture of aspirate samples ...
Gomes, Ciro Martins, Damasco, Fabiana dos Santos, Morais, Orlando Oliveira de, Paula, Carmen Dea Ribeiro de, Sampaio, Raimunda Nonata Ribeiro   +4 more
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Psoriasis and indigo naturalis as a treatment [PDF]

Reviews in Clinical Medicine, 2014
Psoriasis is an inflammatory and proliferative disease. Psoriasis clinical features vary from plaque-type psoriasis to pustular form. Psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease, which affects epidermal keratinocytes.
Mohammad Imani, Mohammad Javad Yazdanpanah, Hoda Azizi, Touba Ahmadzadeh Sani, Mahnaz Banihashemi, Hamid Reza Bahrami-Taghanaki, Mohammad Khajedaluee   +6 more
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Assessment of the Relationship between Human Papilloma Virus Infections and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma [PDF]

Middle East Journal of Cancer, 2020
Background: The relationship between HPV infection and skin squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) development in immunocompetent individuals is unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the association between HPV infection and skin SCC ...
Mohammad Javad Yazdanpanah, Noorieh Sharifi Sistani, Elnaz Hosseini, Elham Vosoughi, Seyed Saeid Hosseini, Mohammad Khajedaluee, Saeid Amel Jamehdar   +6 more
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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

The Moldovan Medical Journal, 2018
Background: Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by parasites of the Leishmania type. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected worldwide, zoonotic, vector-borne, tropical disease. The clinical spectrum of leishmaniasis ranges from a self-resolving cutaneous ulcer to a mutilating mucocutaneous disease and even to a lethal systemic illness.
Placinta, Gheorghe, Pantea, Victor, Cebotarescu, Valentin, Cojuhari, Lilia, Paveliuc, Petru, Musteata, Tatiana, Panasiuc, Alexandru, Lungu, Victoria, Simonov, Ludmila   +8 more
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Control of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, a neglected disease: results of a control programme in Satipo Province, Peru. [PDF]

, 2005
Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) is an important health problem in many rural areas of Latin America, but there are few data on the results of programmatic approaches to control the disease.
Alvarez, E, Arlt, D, Bertoletti, G, Conte, M, de Jesus Sanchez, J, Fournier, C, Garcia, L M L, Guthmann, J P, Huari, R, Llanos-Cuentas, A, Lonlas, S, Rosales, M, Torreele, E   +12 more
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Evaluation of Serum Protein Carbonyl Levels and Total Antioxidant Capacity in Patients With Basal Cell Carcinoma

Acta Medica Iranica, 2023
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Seyed Isaac Hashemy, Ahmad Reza Taheri, Morteza Behnamfard, Mehrdad Teimoorian, Sara Sabouri Rad   +4 more
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Zosteriform cutaneous leishmaniasis [PDF]

Dermatology Practical & Conceptual, 2019
Dear Editor, We would like to discuss on the report on “Zosteriform cutaneous leishmaniasis” [1] Ramot et al. reported that “dermoscopy has proven to be an accessible and easy tool to diagnose such atypical presentation of cutaneous leishmaniasis, and dermatologists in endemic areas should be familiar with its typical dermoscopic features” [1].
Viroj Wiwanitkit, Sim Sai Tin
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Efficacy of Thermotherapy to Treat Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania tropica in Kabul, Afghanistan: A Randomized, Controlled Trial [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Pentavalent antimony is the agent recommended for treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Its use is problematic, because it is expensive and because of the potential for drug-associated adverse effects during a lengthy and painful ...
Aram H, Arana BA, Babajev KB, Berman JD, Berman JD, C. R. Davies, J. Kolaczinski, J. R. David, Junaid AJN, M. Bismullah, M. Mohsen, M. Wahid, Navin TR, Neva FA, Noyes H, R. J. Quinnell, R. Reithinger, Reithinger R, Rodriguez ME, Sacks DL, Sharquie KE, Tallab TM, Velasco-Castrejon O, World Health Organization   +23 more
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Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Negative Microscopic Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Rural Peru. [PDF]

, 2018
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic to South America where diagnosis is most commonly conducted via microscopy. Patients with suspected leishmaniasis were referred for enrollment by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Lima, Iquitos, Puerto Maldonado, and ...
Alves, Clark, Ballard, Sarah-Blythe, Fuhrer, Jack, Lamm, Ryan, Lescano, Andres G., Messina, Catherine, Murphy, Meagan, Perez, Erika, Perrotta, Grace, Rosales, Luis Angel, Sanchez, Juan F., Smith, Edward, Valdivia, Hugo   +12 more
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Detection and identification of Leishmania species within naturally infected sand flies in the Andean areas of Ecuador by a polymerase chain reaction [PDF]

, 2005
The surveillance of prevalent Leishmania and sand fly species in endemic areas is important for prediction of the risk and expansion of leishmaniasis. In this study, we developed a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based method for detection of Leishmania ...
Barroso, Paola Andrea, Calvopina, Manuel, Gomez, Eduardo, Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa, Iwata, Hiroyuki, Katakura, Ken, Kato, Hirotomo, Korenaga, Masataka, Marco, Jorge Diego, Mimori, Tatsuyuki, Nonaka, Shigeo, Uezato, Hiroshi   +11 more
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