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

• Hauptverfasser: Jairo E Perez-Franco (Verfasst von), Mónica L Cruz-Barrera (Verfasst von), Marta L Robayo (Verfasst von), Myriam C Lopez (Verfasst von), Carlos D Daza (Verfasst von), Angela Bedoya (Verfasst von), Maria L Mariño (Verfasst von), Carlos H Saavedra (Verfasst von), Maria C Echeverry (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: 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...