%0 Journal Article
%T Mucosal Leishmaniasis - Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects of 234 Cases Treated in a Tertiary Reference Center in the Brazilian Amazon | OMICS International
%A Alex
%A Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra
%A Leila In¨ºs de Aguiar Raposo da Camara Coelho
%A Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira
%A Marcilene Gomes Paes
%A Maria Jos¨¦ Silva
%A Maria das Gra£¿as Vale Barbosa
%A Pricila Gama da Silva
%A Rafael Siqueira de Carvalho
%A Renato Teles de Sousa
%A re Ribera Maci£¿o
%J -
%D 2011
%R 10.4172/2161-0711.1000110
%X Presented here is a retrospective study including patients of the Brazilian Amazon region who were diagnosed with mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) and treated in a tertiary referral center between July 1992 to December 2008. In total, 234 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria. There was a clear predominance of males, comprising 193 (82.5%) cases, and the mean age was 48 years. No fewer than 186 (79.5%) patients had undertaken activities that are considered to place one at risk of acquiring American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) ¨C agriculture, animal raising, or mineral extraction. Furthermore, 193 (82.5%) presented with a prior history of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL); the average time between the onset of CL and the first symptoms of ML in 138 cases was 16.3 years. Finally, 156 cases (66.7%) were located in municipalities that lie on the south bank of the Amazon River, suggesting that Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis was the likely etiological agent in these cases
%K Leishmaniasis
%K Mucocutaneous
%K Leishmania braziliensis
%K Amazon region
%K omics
%K open access
%K omics publishing group
%K open access publisher
%K open access publishers
%K open access publications
%K open access journals
%K open access artcles
%K omics group
%K omicsonline
%U https://www.omicsonline.org/mucosal-leishmaniasis-clinical-and-epidemiological-aspects-of-cases-treated-in-a-tertiary-reference-center-in-the-brazilian-amazon-2161-0711.1000110.php?aid=2823