American cutaneous leishmaniasis: use of a skin test as a predictor of relapse after treatment

• প্রধান লেখক: Valéria M.A. Passos (Author), Sandhi M. Barreto (Author), Alvaro J. Romanha (Author), Antoniana U. Krettli (Author), Ângela C. Volpini (Author), Maria Fernanda F. Lima e Costa (Author)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: The World Health Organization, 2000-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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While relapses following clinical cure of American cutaneous leishmaniasis are frequent, no test has been described until now to predict such relapses. A cohort of 318 American cutaneous leishmaniasis patients was followed up for two years after treatment with meglumine antimoniate, during which tim...