Attempts using cryotherapy to achieve more rapid healing in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L. braziliensis braziliensis


Autoria(s): Cuentas,Elmer Alejandro Llanos; Marsden,Philip Davis; Torre,Douglas; Barreto,Air Colombo
Data(s)

01/06/1983

Resumo

The use of cryotherapy as an adjunct to systemic antimonial therapy (Clucantime) was studied in 17 patients with a total of23 skin lesions of leishmaniasis in an area where L. braziliensis braziliensis is the species in circulation. Cryotherapy did not speed healing and has been discarded as an auxiliary therapeutic measure in our practice. However this technique may be suitable for species o/Leishmania causing more limited superficial lesions in man without the danger of metastasis.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821983000200004

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT

Fonte

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.16 n.2 1983

Palavras-Chave #Leishmaniasis #Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis #Cryotherapy
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journal article