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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Case Series on Pregnancy Outcome

Author(s) -

Yossi Bitton,

Orna DiavCitrin

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofaa479

Subject(s) - medicine , sodium stibogluconate , paromomycin , cutaneous leishmaniasis , pregnancy , leishmaniasis , dermatology , gestation , obstetrics , antibiotics , immunology , aminoglycoside , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

We report the pregnancy outcomes of 6 women with cutaneous leishmaniasis; 5 of these women received topical antileishmenial therapy during gestation with paromomycin plus methylbenzethonium chloride combination ointment and/or sodium stibogluconate intralesional injections. No teratogenic effects were reported. Furthermore, no vertical transmission was observed.

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