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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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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Norberto Assis Membrive Flávio Jun Kazuma Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira Kárin Rosi Reinhold-Castro Ueslei Teodoro |
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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 |
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Norberto Assis Membrive Flávio Jun Kazuma Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira Kárin Rosi Reinhold-Castro Ueslei Teodoro |
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Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil |
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Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil |
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Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil |
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Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil |
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Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil |
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disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by leishmania braziliensis in southern brazil |
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Universidade de São Paulo |
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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1678-9946 |
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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. |
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Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis |
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