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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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Norberto Assis Membrive, Flávio Jun Kazuma, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira, Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira, Kárin Rosi Reinhold-Castro, Ueslei Teodoro
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Subjects:
Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946201759037
https://doaj.org/article/a3f0e7559ba143728c3160c9417056e4
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Summary: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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