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Comparative Study
. 2006 Aug;75(2):267-9.

Concomitant early mucosal and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil

Viviane S Boaventura  1 , Virginia Cafe, Jackson Costa, Fabiano Oliveira, Andre Bafica, Andrea Rosato, Luiz A R de Freitas, Claudia Brodskyn, Manoel Barral-Netto, Aldina Barral
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  • PMID: 16896130
Comparative Study

Concomitant early mucosal and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil

Viviane S Boaventura et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Aug.

Abstract

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.

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