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Treatment strategies for mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2010
Mucocutaneous is an infection caused by a single celled parasite transmitted by sand fly bites. There are about 20 species of Leishmania that may cause mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.
Emilio Palumbo
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Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis With Oral Involvement: A Case Report [PDF]

Case Reports in Dentistry
The primary objective of the present study is the retrospective analysis of a clinical case of oral leishmaniasis treated at Parma Hospital and a review of the literature on mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) with oral cavity involvement. We report the case of a
Pierpaolo De Francesco, Paolo Vescovi, Claudio Feliciani, Roberta Iaria, Luigi Corcione, Ilaria Giovannacci   +5 more
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Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis [PDF]

Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition), 2021
Leishmaniasis is a chronic disease caused by flagellate protozoa of the genus Leishmania. It is a global disease, but most cases are seen in South America, the Mediterranean, and some areas of Asia and Africa. The 3 main types of leishmaniasis are cutaneous (the most common), mucocutaneous, and visceral (the most severe). Visceral leishmaniasis is also
I, Abadías-Granado, A, Diago, P A, Cerro, A M, Palma-Ruiz, Y, Gilaberte   +4 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/HIV Coinfection Presented as a Diffuse Desquamative Rash [PDF]

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2014
Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease that is endemic in tropical areas and in the Mediterranean. This condition spreads to 98 countries in four continents, surpassing 12 million infected individuals, with 350 million people at risk of infection.
Guilherme Almeida Rosa da Silva, Daniel Sugui, Rafael Fernandes Nunes, Karime de Azevedo, Marcelo de Azevedo, Alexandre Marques, Carlos Martins, Fernando Raphael de Almeida Ferry   +7 more
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Anti-leishmania igA immunoenzymatic assay in mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (Preliminary report) [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1984
The Authors describe an anti-Leishmania IgA-ELISA assay in mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. Increased titers were found in leishmaniasis patients, mainly in the first and second year of infection and in deep mycoses patients showing either mucosal ...
M. Carolina S. Guimarães, Antonio Walter Ferreira, Márcia B. de Carvalho, Beatriz J. Celeste, Luiz Carlos Cucé, Walter Belda Jr.   +5 more
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Atypical Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis Presentation Mimicking Rectal Cancer

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2023
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease affecting mostly the exposed skin, causing severe and disfiguring lesions in Ethiopia. In this report, we present two cases of atypical mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; one HIV positive and one HIV ...
Helina Fikre, Ermias Teklehaimanot, Rezika Mohammed, Miklol Mengistu, Bewketu Abebe, Johan van Griensven, Saskia van Henten   +6 more
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Atypical manifestations of leishmaniasis in the state of Mato Grosso: a clinical-epidemiological study at the Júlio Müller University Hospital (2013-2023) [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Background: Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical infectious disease caused by protozoa of the Leishmania genus and transmitted by the bite of female sand flies. It may present with various clinical manifestations depending on species, parasite load, and
Bianca Coelho Damin Ribeiro, Tatiana Fortes de Oliveira, Tiago Rodrigues Viana, Giovana Volpato Pazin Feuser, Fernanda Ferreira Fernandes, Marcia Hueb   +5 more
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Differentiation of mucosal lesions in mucocutaneous leishmaniasis and paracoccidioidomycosis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis and paracoccidioidomycosis are infectious diseases with similar epidemiological and clinical aspects. Cases of both diseases may manifest similar lesions in the mucosa.
Creuza Rachel Vicente, Aloisio Falqueto
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Simultaneous Occurrence of Ocular, Disseminated Mucocutaneous, and Multivisceral Involvement of Leishmaniasis

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2014
Leishmaniasis is a tropical infection caused by the protozoan, belonging to the group of Leishmania which causes Old World and New World disease. These are typically divided into cutaneous, mucocutaneous, visceral, viscerotropic, and disseminated disease.
Cyriac Abby Philips, Chetan Ramesh Kalal, K. N. Chandan Kumar, Chhagan Bihari, Shiv Kumar Sarin   +4 more
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