MONTENEGRO SKIN TEST AND AGE OF SKIN LESION AS PREDICTORS OF TREATMENT FAILURE IN CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS

MONTENEGRO SKIN TEST AND AGE OF SKIN LESION AS PREDICTORS OF TREATMENT FAILURE IN CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS

A case-control study was conducted to examine the association among the Montenegro skin test (MST), age of skin lesion and therapeutic response in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) treated at Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (INI), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ),...

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Main Authors: Liliane de Fátima Antonio, Aline Fagundes, Raquel Vasconcellos Carvalhaes Oliveira, Priscila Garcia Pinto, Sandro Javier Bedoya-Pacheco, Érica de Camargo Ferreira e Vasconcellos, Maria Cláudia Valete-Rosalino, Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra, Sônia Regina Lambert Passos, Maria Inês Fernandes Pimentel, Armando de Oliveira Schubach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-09-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Skin tests
Cutaneous leishmaniasis
Treatment failure
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