Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous
"Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A disease characterized by the chronic, progressive spread of lesions from New World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by species of the L. braziliensis complex to the nasal, pharyngeal, and buccal mucosa some time after the appearance of the initial cutaneous lesion. Nasal obstruction and epistaxis are frequent presenting symptoms.
| Descriptor ID |
D007897
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.752.300.500.400.385 C03.858.560.400.385 C17.800.838.775.560.400.385
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Badaro R, Lobo I, Munos A, Netto EM, Modabber F, Campos-Neto A, Coler RN, Reed SG. Immunotherapy for drug-refractory mucosal leishmaniasis. J Infect Dis. 2006 Oct 15; 194(8):1151-9.
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Campos-Neto A, Bunn-Moreno MM. Polyclonal B cell activation in hamsters infected with parasites of the genus Leishmania. Infect Immun. 1982 Dec; 38(3):871-6.