American cutaneous leishmaniasis in children and adolescents from Northcentral Venezuela
Tropical Biomedicine
;
: 178-83, 2008.
Artículo
en Malayalam
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-629789
ABSTRACT
American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) comprises a broad range of cutaneous manifestations caused by different Leishmania species which may produce severe and chronic sequelae in adults. However, it has been suggested that ACL may show different clinical and epidemiological features in children and adolescents that need to be further elucidated. We evaluated the epidemiological features of ACL in a cohort of pediatric patients from Northcentral Venezuela between years 1997 and 2005. Mean age of patients was 9 years old, with a mean clinical evolution of 3 months. Lesions were located mostly in extremities. Forty patients (93%) were positive by MST, 97.7% by IFAT and 48.8% by smear. MST values tended to be related to patients' age, higher values being recorded in older patients (p=0.153).
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WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental)
Asunto principal:
Venezuela
Límite:
Niño
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
/
Venezuela
Idioma:
Malayalam
Revista:
Tropical Biomedicine
Año:
2008
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Artículo
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