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Ultrasonographic Characteristics of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.
(Wiley, 2019)
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is an ulcerative skin parasitic disease common in people living in tropical regions and travelers(1) . Lesions characteristics (e.g., self-healing and treatment response) are extremely variable. ...
Evaluation of a point-of-care molecular detection device for Leishmania spp. and intercurrent fungal and mycobacterial organisms in Peruvian patients with cutaneous ulcers
(Springer, 2021)
PURPOSE: Overlapping clinical features of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) with ulcers caused by fungi and mycobacteria necessitate confirmatory diagnostic testing. We evaluated a handheld battery-operated device for detection ...
Two-dimensional and three-dimensional ultrasound of artificial skin
(American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2017)
© 2016 by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. Wound healing may be a difficult problem, and variable types of artificial skin prototypes have been developed for supporting this process. Using ultrasound, we ...
Consensus on the diagnosis and management of chronic leg ulcers - Brazilian Society of Dermatology
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-11-01)
Background: Chronic leg ulcers affect a large portion of the adult population and cause a significant social and economic impact, related to outpatient and hospital care, absence from work, social security expenses, and ...
Spectrum of Bacterial Pathogens in Inflammatory and Non-Inflammatory Ulcers of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
(Elsevier, 2018)
Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) may present with an inflammatory phenotype, characterized by pain, erythema, and purulent exudate, which is typically treated with antibiotics prior to anti-Leishmania treatment. ...
Cutaneous Mycobacterial Infections
(American Society for Microbiology, 2018)
Humans encounter mycobacterial species due to their ubiquity in different environmental niches. In many individuals, pathogenic mycobacterial species may breach our first-line barrier defenses of the innate immune system ...
Calciphylaxis: a rare but potentially fatal event of chronic kidney disease. Case report
(Soc Brasileira Dermatologia, 2013-11-01)
Calciphylaxis or calcific uremic arteriolopathy is a rare cutaneous-systemic disease occurring in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. The classical clinical picture is that of a necrotic and progressive skin ...
Quantification of Leishmania (Viannia) Kinetoplast DNA in Ulcers of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Reveals Inter-site and Inter-sampling Variability in Parasite Load
(Public Library of Science, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a skin disease caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania. Few studies have assessed the influence of the sample collection site within the ulcer and the sampling method on the ...
Rhythmic external compression of the limbs: A method for healing cutaneous ulcers in systemic sclerosis
(J Rheumatol Publ CoTorontoCanadá, 1998)