Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis: report of a case with massive involvement of nasal, pharyngeal and laryngeal mucosa

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006 Sep;35(9):870-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2006.02.015. Epub 2006 Mar 30.

Authors

F Di Lella¹, V Vincenti, D Zennaro, A Afeltra, A Baldi, D Giordano, E Pasanisi, A Bacciu, S Bacciu, G Di Lella

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 16574379
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2006.02.015

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
Animals
Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
Epistaxis / drug therapy
Epistaxis / parasitology
Humans
Laryngeal Diseases / drug therapy
Laryngeal Diseases / parasitology*
Leishmania braziliensis / isolation & purification*
Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / diagnosis*
Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / drug therapy
Male
Mucous Membrane / parasitology
Nasopharyngeal Diseases / diagnosis
Nasopharyngeal Diseases / drug therapy
Nasopharyngeal Diseases / parasitology*
Nose Diseases / drug therapy
Nose Diseases / parasitology*

Substances

Antiprotozoal Agents
liposomal amphotericin B
Amphotericin B