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Humans , Male , Leishmania infantum , Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/drug therapy , Meglumine , PristinamycinABSTRACT
The cutaneous leishmaniasis [CL] is increasing in our country. The conventional treatment is the Glucantime. However, many alternative treatments modalities of the CL have been proposed and one these modalities has been the use of herbal extract applied topically on the lesions. The aim of the study was to compare the efficacity of a preparation based on herbal extracted essences with green clay excipient, and the intralesional injection of Glucantime. Eight patients have been included in our trial having an ulcerated CL with a number of lesions per person lower than 5. Two lesions were treated by two different protocols: one based on topical herbal extract, the other based on intralesional injection of Glucantime. Three lesions were infected and no lesion has been healed after application of our preparation, against 5 lesions that healed by intralesional injection of Glucantime. This preparation seems inefficient in the treatment of the CL in spite of the healing effect known of the herbal essences
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Humans , Male , Female , Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/drug therapy , Meglumine , Plant Extracts , Organometallic Compounds , Plant Preparations , Prospective Studies , Injections, IntralesionalABSTRACT
Skin disorders in elderly people are frequent, numerous and variable. The goal of this study was to describe the distinctive features of cutaneous diseases in aged people in an outpatient clinic of dermatology. Two thousands and twelve patients files were studied. The age varied from 65 to 99 years [mean 72 years]. Most of the patients [47.5%] were in the age section 65-70 years with a predominance of male patients [55.1%]. The most common skin conditions were infectious diseases [32.6%]. Superficial mycoses were diagnosed in 30% of cases. Dermatophytoses were the commonest infections [52%]. Erysipelas was the leading cause of bacterial infections [26% of all cases]. Parasitic diseases [6.6%] were dominated by scabies. Skin disorders are certainly underestimated in our study. The low frequency of elderly seeking health care in dermatologic clinic in our series, could be explained by the predominance of young people in the general population. Cutaneous disorders in elderly are dominated by infectious and malignant tumoral conditions, the latter increasing with age