Concomitant early mucosal and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil.
Mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) is often clinically silent until reaching a highly advanced state. In this prospective study, 6 of 220 patients with early cutaneous leishmaniasis were diagnosed with mucosal involvement by otorhinolaryngological examination (a rate similar to the reported rate of late ML). Detection of early ML may represent an important strategy in preventing severe mucosal destruction in human leishmaniasis.
Boaventura
Viviane S
VS
Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz-Fiocruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Cafe
Virginia
V
Costa
Jackson
J
Oliveira
Fabiano
F
Bafica
Andre
A
Rosato
Andrea
A
de Freitas
Luiz A R
LA
Brodskyn
Claudia
C
Barral-Netto
Manoel
M
Barral
Aldina
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012882:Skin Tests / Q000379:methods
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan