Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil

Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil

ABSTRACT The authors report a case of disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, in a 55 years old patient with 1,119 lesions distributed throughout the body. The patient resides in Sabáudia municipality, North of Paraná State, Southern Brazil, where there was...

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Main Authors: Norberto Assis Membrive, Flávio Jun Kazuma, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira, Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira, Kárin Rosi Reinhold-Castro, Ueslei Teodoro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652017005000406&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:ABSTRACT The authors report a case of disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, in a 55 years old patient with 1,119 lesions distributed throughout the body. The patient resides in Sabáudia municipality, North of Paraná State, Southern Brazil, where there was no previous report of this form of leishmaniasis. Treatment with meglumine antimoniate was successful, although the diagnosis was made only five months later.
ISSN:1678-9946

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