[Clinical and diagnostic aspects of American tegumentary leishmaniosis in soldiers simultaneously exposed to the infection in the Amazon Region].
Military exercises in the forest of the Amazon region constitute an important factor in the incidence of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in this region. This report describes 48 cases of American tegumentary leishmaniosis. All these patients acquired the disease after military exercises in the Amazon. The mean incubation time was 27.6 days. The lesions were predominantly in the upper extremities, face and neck. The majority of patients presented two lesions. Ulcers were the most common clinical manifestation. The diagnosis was obtained through skin smears of the lesions. A total of 43 cases (89.6 %) were found to be positive.
de Oliveira Guerra
Jorge Augusto
JA
Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, Manaus, AM. jguerra@horizon.com.br
Talhari
Sinésio
S
Paes
Marcilene Gomes
MG
Garrido
Marlúcia
M
Talhari
Joana Maria
JM
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000965:Antimony / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D010419:Pentamidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014197:Trees
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D010419:Pentamidine; D000965:Antimony