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Cryosurgery in cutaneous leishmaniasis
British Journal of Dermatology, 1982Thirty 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 +4 more
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Recurrent cutaneous leishmaniasis
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1983A 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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Diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2003The purpose of this review is to discuss some of the most important issues in the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis. The former is based on clinical experience and the latter on the literature published within the last couple of years.
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Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2012Tegumentary 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 +1 more
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2007The causative species of cutaneous leishmaniasis determines the clinical features and courses, and treatments. Intralesional or systemic antimonials are the gold standard for the treatment of these diseases. However, as for visceral leishmaniasis, other therapeutic options appear promising.
Philippe, Minodier, Philippe, Parola
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Immunofluorescence in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Dermatologica, 2009A 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 +3 more
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Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1994The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 400,000 new cases of leishmaniasis occur worldwide each year. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is being encountered more frequently in the United States because of increasing travel and immigration from endemic areas.
A B, Koff, T, Rosen
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Dermoscopy of cutaneous leishmaniasis
British Journal of Dermatology, 2009Dermoscopy 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 +5 more
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Sudan
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1973Abstract The epidemiology, clinical features, pathology, immunology and treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Sudan are described. The majority of patients came from kala-azar endemic areas of the central Sudan. The aetiology of the disease is discussed. Clinically the lesions are divided into 3 types but with rare exceptions the pathological
R E, Abdalla +3 more
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