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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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Pathogen- and Host-Directed Antileishmanial Effects Mediated by Polyhexanide (PHMB) [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND:Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. CL causes enormous suffering in many countries worldwide. There is no licensed vaccine against CL, and the chemotherapy options
A Ponte-Sucre, AA Momeni, AF Jebran, AM Carmona-Ribeiro, B Castillo, B Monge-Maillo, Bianca Röger, BLF Schamber-Reis, CM Choi, D Gerit, D Lockwood, DP Eiras, DS Lima-Junior, E Moreno, E Von Stebut, FB Chekeni, G Bringmann, G Carneiro, G Carneiro, G Morizot, G Müller, G Rusciano, G Walls, H Yin, Heidrun Moll, I Arevalo, IJ Gonzalez-Leal, J Alvar, JR Ramírez-Pineda, K Kaehn, Kantaraja Chindera, KT Andrews, L Novo, L-I McCall, Liam Good, Lorenz Meinel, LP O’Malley, M Ghosh, M Yamamoto, M-A Hartley, Maria Cecilia Amstalden, Martina Schultheis, Mary Ann McDowell, MJ Allen, MN Jabbour, MS Bailey, N Datta, Nina Hecht, Nor Fadhilah Kamaruzzaman, R Firdessa, R Hurdayal, Rebuma Firdessa, S Das, S Gupta, S Sundar, S Wessels, Salah A Ben, SK Samal, T Hirsch, T Ikeda, T Lang, T Sato, Tessa Lühmann, Tobias A. Oelschlaeger   +63 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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Leishmaniasis in the Argentine Republic: Temporal and geographical distribution from 2013 to 2017

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2019
Objective: To assess the temporal and geographical distribution of confirmed cases of cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in the Argentine Republic from 2013 to 2017.
María J Germano, María C Salomón, Gisela Neira, Esteban Lozano, Juan P Mackern-Oberti, Diego E Cargnelutti   +5 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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Haga su diagnostico Case for diagnosis

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2008
Comunicamos un paciente joven, que presentaba una inmunodepresión atribuida al alcohol y la desnutrición, que consultó por numerosas lesiones. Luego de los estudios auxiliares se llegó al diagnóstico y mostró buena respuesta al tratamiento convencional ...
Victoria Rivelli, Liz Domínguez, Graciela Gorostiaga, Gloria Mendoza, Arnaldo Aldama   +4 more
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Challenges in diagnosis of genital ulcers: a genital leishmaniasis case series

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2021
Leishmaniasis is a tropical infectious disease caused by Leishmania spp. protozoa and is transmitted by insects from the Phlebotominae subfamily. It can manifest as cutaneous leishmaniasis, a painless ulcer that can develop into a more serious systemic ...
Marina Dias de Souza, Aloísio Falqueto, Gabriela Lopes de Morais, Amanda da Silva Salomão, Fernanda Daher Pereira   +4 more
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