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Leprosy and American cutaneous leishmaniasis coinfection
Mercadante, Larissa Mondadori; Santos, Marcel Alex Soares dos; Pegas, Elisangela Samartin; Kadunc, Bogdana Victória.
Affiliation
  • Mercadante, Larissa Mondadori; Universidade Católica de Campinas. Dermatology Service. Campinas. BR
  • Santos, Marcel Alex Soares dos; Universidade Católica de Campinas. Dermatology Service. Campinas. BR
  • Pegas, Elisangela Samartin; Universidade Católica de Campinas. Dermatology Service. Campinas. BR
  • Kadunc, Bogdana Victória; Universidade Católica de Campinas. Dermatology Service. Campinas. BR
An. bras. dermatol ; 93(1): 123-125, Jan.-Feb. 2018. graf
Article in En | LILACS | ID: biblio-887166
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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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Full text: 1 Index: LILACS Main subject: Leprosy, Lepromatous / Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Coinfection Type of study: Risk_factors_studies Limits: Humans / Male Language: En Journal: An. bras. dermatol Journal subject: DERMATOLOGIA Year: 2018 Type: Article

Full text: 1 Index: LILACS Main subject: Leprosy, Lepromatous / Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Coinfection Type of study: Risk_factors_studies Limits: Humans / Male Language: En Journal: An. bras. dermatol Journal subject: DERMATOLOGIA Year: 2018 Type: Article