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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spelling doaj-a3f0e7559ba143728c3160c9417056e42020-11-24T22:27:15ZengUniversidade de São PauloRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo1678-994659010.1590/s1678-9946201759037S0036-46652017005000406Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern BrazilNorberto Assis MembriveFlávio Jun KazumaThaís Gomes Verzignassi SilveiraJorge Juarez Vieira TeixeiraKárin Rosi Reinhold-CastroUeslei TeodoroABSTRACT 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652017005000406&lng=en&tlng=enLeishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
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author Norberto Assis Membrive
Flávio Jun Kazuma
Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira
Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira
Kárin Rosi Reinhold-Castro
Ueslei Teodoro
spellingShingle Norberto Assis Membrive
Flávio Jun Kazuma
Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira
Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira
Kárin Rosi Reinhold-Castro
Ueslei Teodoro
Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
author_facet Norberto Assis Membrive
Flávio Jun Kazuma
Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira
Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira
Kárin Rosi Reinhold-Castro
Ueslei Teodoro
author_sort Norberto Assis Membrive
title Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil
title_short Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil
title_full Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil
title_fullStr Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil
title_sort disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by leishmania braziliensis in southern brazil
publisher Universidade de São Paulo
series Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
issn 1678-9946
description 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.
topic Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652017005000406&lng=en&tlng=en
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