Ocular alterations in patients with cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.
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.
Wunderle
Ingrid I H
II
Augenklinik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
de Kaspar
Herminia Miño
HM
Cabrera
Elvira
E
de Arias
Antonieta Rojas
AR
Froehlich
Stephan J
SJ
de Bilbao
Ninfa Vera
NV
Insfran
Nestor Sanchez
NS
Azorero
Ricardo Moreno
RM
Klauss
Volker
V
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