Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: An Overlooked Etiology of Midfacial Destructive Lesions

BACKGROUND: Midline destructive lesions of the face (MDL) have a wide range of etiologies. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is rarely reported as a possible cause. METHODS: Fifteen patients with solitary nasal lesions caused by CL were studied. The clinical data, biopsies/scrapings and PCR were collecte...

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Autores principales: Alam, Elie, Abbas, Ossama, Moukarbel, Roger, Khalifeh, Ibrahim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4749285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26862748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004426

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