Background: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is an endemic disease in Iran. The pentavalent antimonials as first-line drugs are losing efficacy because of side effects, disease relapse and drug resistance. Application of Lucilia sericata larvae (maggot therapy) to diabetic and refractory wounds approved to be satisfactory for accelerating healing process. In this study, th...

Three secondary metabolites isolated from Chilean lichens, (+) usnic acid, pannarine and 1'-chloropannarine, were tested against promastigotes forms of three strains of Leishmania ssp. Pannarine and 1'-chloropannarine exhibited in vitro activity at 50 micrograms/ml and (+) usnic acid at 25 micrograms/ml. BALB/c mice infected with Leishmania amazonensis were treated 4 weeks post-infection with (...

OBJECTIVE To study cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), in the Calakmul municipality of the Campeche State, during two years. MATERIALS AND METHODS Individuals with skin lesions were evaluated. Aspirates taken from the lesions were cultured, PCR was performed to diagnose the Leishmania species. RESULTS The culture detected 42% of the samples. PCR diagnosed CL in 76% of the samples; of those 38% we...

Herein, a 12-year-old Afghan boy with chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis on the face and verrucous lesions on the body and pleural effusion suspected of having co-existent tuberculosis has been presented. The cutaneous lesions were appeared for five years before his admission. Leishman-Donovan bodies were seen in H&E (Hematoxylin and eosin) slide of skin lesion specimens. The pathogenic species wa...

conclusions the result of the current study showed the growing number of nosocomial infections associated with xdr a. baumannii causing difficulties in antibiotic therapy. resistant strains increasingly cause public health problems; therefore, their early detection is essential for healthcare centers. results among the 121 isolated a. baumannii, 44% and 56% were isolated from female and male, r...