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MEDECINE ET MALADIES INFECTIEUSES
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages 47-49Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-077X(00)88687-4
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Leishmania amazonensis; cutaneous leishmaniasis; French Guiana
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The authors report the fourth case of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis in French Guiana. In this case, the subject had a recurrent lesion at the site of the original scar (buttock) and at a new skin site near the first The patient was treated with three courses of pentamidine isethionate and one course of intramuscular injections of meglumine antimoniate. A review of human leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis is also presented, focusing on epidemiology, clinical aspects, and therapy (C) 2000 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.
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