Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous
"Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous" by people in Profiles.
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Cutaneous and post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum in endemic areas of visceral leishmaniasis, northwestern Iran 2002-2011: a case series. Pathog Glob Health. 2013 Jun; 107(4):194-7.
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Neglected tropical diseases: survey and geometry of randomised evidence. BMJ. 2012 Oct 22; 345:e6512.
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Acute New World cutaneous leishmaniasis presenting as tuberculoid granulomatous dermatitis. J Cutan Pathol. 2012 Mar; 39(3):361-5.
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Immunotherapy for drug-refractory mucosal leishmaniasis. J Infect Dis. 2006 Oct 15; 194(8):1151-9.
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Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 4-2005. A 35-year-old man with nasal congestion, swelling, and pain. N Engl J Med. 2005 Feb 10; 352(6):609-15.
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Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in a US citizen. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2003 Nov; 96(5):573-7.
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Inherited variability of tumor necrosis factor production and susceptibility to infectious disease. Proc Assoc Am Physicians. 1999 Jul-Aug; 111(4):290-8.
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Leishmaniasis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1996 Feb; 34(2 Pt 1):257-72.
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Determination of the cytokine profile in American cutaneous leishmaniasis using the polymerase chain reaction. Clin Exp Immunol. 1993 Mar; 91(3):500-5.
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Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis: comparative pathology of golden hamsters infected with isolates from cutaneous and mucosal lesions of patients residing in Tres Bracos, Bahia, Brazil. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1991 Feb; 44(2):218-32.