سابقه و هدف: خط اول درمان در لیشمانیوز جلدی استفاده از ترکیبات پنج ظرفیتی آنتیموان شامل مگلومین آنتیموان (گلوکانتیم) میباشد، با این حال عدم پاسخ به درمان با گلوکانتیم در بیماران مبتلا به لیشمانیوز جلدی یک مشکل اساسی میباشد. هدف از این مطالعه بررسی اکتیویتی گلوکانتیم در ضایعات لیشمانیوز جلدی آلوده به عفونت ثانویه باکتریال در مقایسه با ضایعات غیر عفونی بود. مواد و روشها: این مطالعه از نوع کارآزما...

Introduction: Leishmanioses are important parasitic diseases presenting in three clinical forms visceral, cutaneous and muco-cutaneous. Some rodents are the reservoir hosts of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. The disease prevails in many rural areas of Yazd Province. This was the first comprehensive study on the fauna of rodents in Yazd and was conducted to determine the fauna, distribution an...

Background and Aim: Considering the importance of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran, this study was conducted to present the epidemiological characteristics of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis, the time trend and the mapping of the disease in the cities under the supervision of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: Data was collected from the Heath deputy of Shiraz...

Background and purpose: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic parasitic disease in different regions of the world especially in Iran. Khorasan province is endemic for anthroponootic and zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis with unequal outbreak. Identification of species could have important implications for the disease and reservoirs control and finding the epidemiologic map. There is no study on thi...

Background and purpose: Recently, a high rate of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) has been reported in Torbat-e-Jam a town in Khorasan Razavi province, Iran. The aim of the present study was to investigate the epidemiological aspects of CL in this district. Materials and methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in patients referring to health centers of Torbat-e-Jam, during ...

The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 400.000 new cases of Leishmaniasis occur worldwide each year. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in Iran. CL is caused by several species of Leishmania. Physical and Chemical Modalities have been used to treatment of cutaneous Leishmaniasis. Cryotherapy is a physical and interalesional glucantime is a chemical modality. In th...

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) annually imposes high socio-economic burdens on societies. Although among diagnostic methods, microscopic and or culture methods are considered as golden standard due to their high specificity, but their sensitivities are variable. Today, present microscopic method is considered as the most valid and available method for diagnosis of CL. However, different methods w...

Background and purpose: Golestan Province is one of the endemic foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). This study aimed at assessing specific-PCR on Giemsa's stained slides for diagnosis of CL as well as detecting the species of Leishmania parasite in the patients referring to health center laboratory of Gonbad-e-Qabus. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in 2010. ...