Use of Cefadroxil For American Tegumentary Leishmaniosis With Intercurrent Pyogenic Infections

• Main Authors: Pedro Navarro (Author), Sylvia Silva (Author), María De la Parte (Author), Luis Alfonso Colmenares (Author), Virginia Coraspe (Author), Elinor Garrido (Author), María Redondo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales, 2009-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cutaneous leishmaniosis of the New World (CLNW) is a health problem in rural areas of Venezuela. Patients with muco-cutaneous ulcers tend to present intercurrent infections of the lesions by pyogenic bacteria. After removing skin specimens from the ulcer borders for microscopic demonstration of Leis...