Successful Treatment of Lupoid Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with Glucantime and Topical Trichloroacetic Acid (A Case Report)
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Topical Trichloroacetic Acid compared with intralesional Glucantime injection in the treatment of acute wet cutaneous Leishmaniasis: An open clinical trial
Background: An easy and effective topical treatment is not yet available for cutaneous leishmaniasis. Objectives: To compare the effect of topical trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and intralesional glucantime injection in the treatment of acute wet cutaneous leishmaniasis. Patients and Methods: Eighty patients with clinical diagnosis of wet cutaneous leishmaniasis in the age range of 5 to 75 years we...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Parasitology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0023-4001
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2008.46.3.175