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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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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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Interventions for American cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020
On the American continent, cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (CL and MCL) are diseases associated with infection by several species of Leishmania parasites. Pentavalent antimonials remain the first-choice treatment. There are alternative interventions, but reviewing their effectiveness and safety is important as availability is limited. This is
Mariona, Pinart, José-Ramón, Rueda, Gustavo As, Romero, Carlos Eduardo, Pinzón-Flórez, Karime, Osorio-Arango, Ana Nilce, Silveira Maia-Elkhoury, Ludovic, Reveiz, Vanessa M, Elias, John A, Tweed   +8 more
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Tegumentary Leishmaniasis Associated With Immune Reconstitution in an HIV Patient—A Case Report [PDF]

Parasite Immunology, Volume 48, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT HIV‐associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) may significantly alter the immunopathological presentation of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL), occasionally causing paradoxical clinical exacerbations. We report the long‐term follow‐up of a 39‐year‐old female coinfected with HIV and disseminated mucocutaneous ...
Marilia Brasil Xavier, Claudia Maria de Castro Gomes, Rita Catarina Medeiros Sousa, Edna Aoba Yassui Ishikawa, Elza Baía de Brito, Silvia Ferreira Rodrigues Müller, Lucas dos Santos Fontes, João Augusto Gomes de Souza Monteiro de Brito, Larissa dos Santos Alcantara, Carlos Eduardo Pereira Corbett   +9 more
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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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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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Pentavalent Antimonials Combined with Other Therapeutic Alternatives for the Treatment of Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review [PDF]

Dermatology Research and Practice, 2018
The first choice drugs for the treatment of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis are pentavalent antimonials, sodium stibogluconate, or meglumine antimoniate.
Taisa Rocha Navasconi Berbert, Tatiane França Perles de Mello, Priscila Wolf Nassif, Camila Alves Mota, Aline Verzignassi Silveira, Giovana Chiqueto Duarte, Izabel Galhardo Demarchi, Sandra Mara Alessi Aristides, Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni, Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira, Thaís Gomes Verziganassi Silveira   +10 more
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Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis With Oral Involvement: A Case Report. [PDF]

Case Rep Dent
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
De Francesco P, Vescovi P, Feliciani C, Iaria R, Corcione L, Giovannacci I.   +5 more
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Espundia: a tropical infectious disease making its way to Europe. A case report of nasal mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in the Netherlands [PDF]

Rhinology Online, 2020
Background: We present a case history of a patient with nasal mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, also known as Espundia. Knowledge of this tropical infectious disease is usually limited among otorhinolaryngologists, but is of importance because patients may ...
A.A. Schenck, A.C. Westgeest, E.J.C. Teunissen, E.F. Schippers, J.P. Koopman   +4 more
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