Leprosy and American cutaneous leishmaniasis coinfection
An. bras. dermatol
; 93(1): 123-125, Jan.-Feb. 2018. graf
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ABSTRACT
Abstract Brazil is a country with a high prevalence of infectious diseases such as leprosy and leishmaniasis. However, coinfection of these diseases is still poorly understood. We report a case of a patient who presented with lepromatous leprosy and cutaneous-mucosal leishmaniasis at the same period. After clinical, laboratory, and histopathological diagnosis, the treatment was introduced and the patient showed important clinical improvement. He was followed in our outpatient clinic. Both pathologies play an important role in the immune system. Depending on the immune response profile of the host, diseases may present themselves in different ways. In this case, the patient showed a divergent immune response for each disease. We hypothesized that this response is specific for each pathogen.
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Main subject:
Leprosy, Lepromatous
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Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous
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Coinfection
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
An. bras. dermatol
Journal subject:
DERMATOLOGIA
Year:
2018
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Article