Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in Southern Brazil
ABSTRACT The authors report a case of disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, in a 55 years old patient with 1,119 lesions distributed throughout the body. The patient resides in Sabáudia municipality, North of Paraná State, Southern Brazil, where there was no previous report of this form of leishmaniasis. Treatment with meglumine antimoniate was successful, although the diagnosis was made only five months later.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
2017
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652017005000406 |
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