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Human mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Três Braços, Bahia - Brazil : an area of Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis transmission. II. Cutaneous disease. Presentation and evolution [PDF]

, 1984
Foram analisados os dados clínicos de 182 pacientes com leishmaniose cutânea, provavelmente causada por Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis. Sessenta e oito por cento apresentavam uma única lesão, usualmente uma úlcera, na terça parte inferior anterior ...
Barretto, Air C., Cuba, César Augusto Cuba, Johnson, Warren D., Lago, Edinaldo L., Llanos Cuentas, Elmer A., Marsden, Philip Davis   +5 more
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Nasal mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) with necrotizing granulomatous inflammation inducing cytotoxic T-cell lymphoma in a male Yemeni patient

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023
Leishmaniasis is a protozoal infection transmitted by sandfly vector; there are three main types of leishmaniasis: cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL), and visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
Hamdi Ibrahim, Khairy Abd El Hamid, Tarek Abd El Aziz, Ahmed Samir El bahwashy, Hamed Khattab, Basma Aaref, Essam Elsayed   +6 more
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Safety and efficacy of allylamines in the treatment of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis: A systematic review.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis affect a million people yearly, leading to skin lesions and potentially disfiguring mucosal disease. Current treatments can have severe side effects. Allylamine drugs, like terbinafine, are safe, including during
Jacob M Bezemer, Jacob van der Ende, Jacqueline Limpens, Henry J C de Vries, Henk D F H Schallig   +4 more
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Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

Our Dermatology Online, 2022
Leishmaniasis is a parasitosis caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania (L.) transmitted by the bite of the sandfly Phlebotomus [1]. In Morocco, there exist three species: L. infantum, L. major, and L. tropica, most often responsible for the cutaneous and visceral forms.
Layla Bendaoud, O. Hocar, S. Amal
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A case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis [PDF]

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 2002
Leishmaniasis is prevalent in most warm-climate areas of the world. We describe a long-undiagnosed case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Italy that might have been contracted in Costa Rica. The patient's signs and symptoms included granulomatous-like lesions on the forehead and legs, nasal obstruction accompanied by serous and crusted rhinorrhea, and
Gina R. Virgilio, Braden R. Hale
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Forecasting temporal dynamics of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Northeast Brazil. [PDF]

, 2014
IntroductionCutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a vector-borne disease of increasing importance in northeastern Brazil. It is known that sandflies, which spread the causative parasites, have weather-dependent population dynamics.
Carvalho, Edgar M, Glesby, Marshall J, Jirmanus, Lara, Júnior, Nivison Nery, Ko, Albert I, Lewnard, Joseph A, Machado, Paulo R, Schriefer, Albert, Weinberger, Daniel M   +8 more
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Successful treatment by adding thalidomide to meglumine antimoniate in a case of refractory anthroponotic mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 2019
Mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) is mostly associated with Leishmania braziliensis; however, a few cases of Leishmania tropica induced mucocutaneous leishmaniasis have been reported.
Vahid Mashayekhi Goyonlo, Sadegh Vahabi-Amlashi, Faezeh Taghavi   +2 more
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Leishmaniasis: new approaches to disease control. [PDF]

, 2003
The leishmaniases afflict the world's poorest populations. Among the two million new cases each year in the 88 countries where the disease is endemic (fig 1), it is estimated that 80% earn less than $2 a day.
Croft, Simon L, Davies, Clive R, Kaye, Paul, Sundar, Shyam   +3 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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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.
Consuelo V, David, Noah, Craft
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