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South American Blastomycosis and American Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis
Author(s) -
Candiota de Campos Enio
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/ijd.1963.2.2.80
Subject(s) - medicine , blastomycosis , mucocutaneous zone , dermatology , leishmaniasis , blastomyces , amphotericin b , antifungal , pathology , blastomyces dermatitidis , disease
Summary The author reports two cases of coexisting South American blastomycosis and American mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, and comments on the difficulty in establishing an early diagnosis in such cases. Based on reports by other Brazilian investigators on the efficacy of amphotericin B in both diseases, this antibiotic was given to the first patient and led to a clinical cure.