title: Ocular alterations in patients with cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.
abstract: Leishmaniasis is a parasitosis with high prevalence and increasing epidemiologic relevance. Ocular manifestations of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) have been well studied, but less is known about ocular alterations in cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (CL/MCL). Fifty-five patients with CL/MCL and a seronegative control group of 39 were examined ophthalmologically in Paraguay. CL/MCL was diagnosed clinically by detection of the parasite, with serological methods and/or intradermal reaction.
authors.affiliation: Augenklinik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Ingrid I H
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Wunderle
authors.forename: Herminia Miño
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: de Kaspar
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: Antonieta Rojas
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: de Arias
authors.forename: Stephan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Froehlich
authors.forename: Ninfa Vera
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: de Bilbao
authors.forename: Nestor Sanchez
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Insfran
authors.forename: Ricardo Moreno
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Azorero
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Klauss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010239:Paraguay / Q000453:epidemiology