Attempts using cryotherapy to achieve more rapid healing in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L. braziliensis braziliensis

The use of cryotherapy as an adjunct to systemic antimonial therapy (Clucantime) was studied in 17 patients with a total of23 skin lesions of leishmaniasis in an area where L. braziliensis braziliensis is the species in circulation. Cryotherapy did not speed healing and has been discarded as an auxi...

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Main Authors: Elmer Alejandro Llanos Cuentas, Philip Davis Marsden, Douglas Torre, Air Colombo Barreto
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1983
Subjects:
Ela
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a786978270ae4f18b5e166a548f85b44
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Summary:The use of cryotherapy as an adjunct to systemic antimonial therapy (Clucantime) was studied in 17 patients with a total of23 skin lesions of leishmaniasis in an area where L. braziliensis braziliensis is the species in circulation. Cryotherapy did not speed healing and has been discarded as an auxiliary therapeutic measure in our practice. However this technique may be suitable for species o/Leishmania causing more limited superficial lesions in man without the danger of metastasis. O uso da crioterapia associada ao Glucantime na terapia da leishmaniose tegumentar foi estudado em 17 pacientes com um total de 23 lesões de pele por leishmaniose, em uma área onde Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis é a espécie em circulação. A crioterapia não influenciou a rapidez da cicatrização. Ela foi abandonada como método de terapia auxiliar em nossa prática, embora possa ser útil para espécies de Leishmania causando lesões mais superficiais e limitads no homem, sem o perigo de metástase.