Clinical and Parasitological Features of Patients with American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis that Did Not Respond to Treatment with Meglumine Antimoniate.

• Auteurs principaux: Jairo E Perez-Franco (Auteur), Mónica L Cruz-Barrera (Auteur), Marta L Robayo (Auteur), Myriam C Lopez (Auteur), Carlos D Daza (Auteur), Angela Bedoya (Auteur), Maria L Mariño (Auteur), Carlos H Saavedra (Auteur), Maria C Echeverry (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is a complicated disease producing about 67.000 new cases per year. The severity of the disease depends on the parasite species; however in the vast majority of cases species confirmation is not feasible. WHO suggestion for ACL produced by Leishmania...