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Leishmaniasis mucocutánea asociada a infección diseminada por paracoccidioides brasiliensis
MUCOCUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS ASSOCIATED TO DISEMINATED INFECTION BY PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS

Prensa méd. argent; 104 (2), 2018
Leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease produced by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania, is triggered by the bite of an infected sandfly. It is endemic in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas, places of poor socioeconomic health conditions and malnutrition. These conditions favor the entry of other ...

Leprosy and American cutaneous leishmaniasis coinfection

An. bras. dermatol; 93 (1), 2018
Abstract: Brazil is a country with a high prevalence of infectious diseases such as leprosy and leishmaniasis. However, coinfection of these diseases is still poorly understood. We report a case of a patient who presented with lepromatous leprosy and cutaneous-mucosal leishmaniasis at the same period. Af...

Persistence of Leishmania antigen in C57B1/6j inbred mice infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis

Purpose. To develop an animal model for studying mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. Methods. The hind footpad of C57B1/6j inbred mice was experimentally infected with 10(7) Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis promastigote and the skin was studied through ligh and electron transmission microscopy and immunohist...

Identification and purification of a 72kDa antigen of Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis present on the surface and in the cytoplasm of the promastigotes and its specific recognition by sera from mucocutaneous leishmaniasis patients

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 83 (supl.1), 1988