Abstract A 31-year-old male patient developed an ulcer on the glans penis that evolved for three months without healing. We diagnosed it as leishmaniasis using polymerase chain reaction. No immunosuppression or associated diseases were observed. The patient was treated with meglumine antimoniate that cur...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: The drugs available for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) treatment in Brazil have specific characteristics in terms of operability, effectiveness, toxicity, and cost. The aim of this study was to estimate the direct costs of therapies recommended by the Ministry of Health (MH) for VL t...
Abstract: Periungual and paronychia-like skin lesions can mimic various diseases, setting up a diagnostic challenge that invariably requires correlation with complementary tests. We report a case of an ulcerated tumor of the nailfold diagnosed as leishmaniasis. Although paronychia-like cutaneous leishman...
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Despite their high toxicity, antimonials and amphotericin B deoxycholate are commonly used for treating visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Few studies showing conflictive data about their efficacy and adverse events in pediatric population are available. This study aimed to evaluate eff...
Objective. To study cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), in the Calakmul municipality of the Campeche State, during two years. Materials and methods. Individuals with skin lesions were evaluated. Aspirates taken from the lesions were cultured, PCR was performed to diagnose the Leishmania species. Results. The c...
O Calazar é uma doença endêmica no Brasil, principalmente nos estados do nordeste. Eventualmente podem aparecer casos em estados como Säo Paulo, apresentando-se como formas clínicas näo usuais. Neste trabalho analisou-se retrospectivamente quatro casos confirmados que foram internados no Hospital M...
Presentamos los resultados de una revisión retrospectiva de los 35 casos confirmados de Leishmaniosis Visceral en niños menores de 13 años diagnosticados en el bloque Materno Infantil del Hospital Escuela, durante el período de Enero de 1983 a Julio de 1990. Se diagnosticaron un promedio de 3 niños ...
