American cutaneous leishmaniasis in children and adolescents from Northcentral Venezuela
Tropical Biomedicine
;
: 178-83, 2008.
Artigo
em Malaiala
| 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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Índice:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Venezuela
Limite:
Criança
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
/
Venezuela
Idioma:
Malaiala
Revista:
Tropical Biomedicine
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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