Disseminated Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Alcohol Misuse, Northeast Brazil, 2015-2018.

Anastácio de Queiroz Sousa,Pedro D.T. Sindeaux Filho,Diane Isabelle Magno Cavalcante,Mércia S. Frutuoso,Francisco F. Pereira,José Wellington de Oliveira Lima,Laécio P.S. Santos,José Ajax Nogueira Queiroz,James H. Maguire,Richard D. Pearson,Margarida Maria de Lima Pompeu

Disseminated Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Alcohol Misuse, Northeast Brazil, 2015-2018.

2021

Anastácio de Queiroz Sousa
Pedro D.T. Sindeaux Filho
Diane Isabelle Magno Cavalcante
Mércia S. Frutuoso
Francisco F. Pereira
José Wellington de Oliveira Lima
Laécio P.S. Santos
José Ajax Nogueira Queiroz
James H. Maguire
Richard D. Pearson
Margarida Maria de Lima Pompeu

Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL) is an uncommon form of Leishmania braziliensis infection. It remains unknown why some people develop this clinical condition. We describe 14 DCL patients in Northeast Brazil during 2015-2018. These patients regularly drank large amounts of alcohol, possibly increasing their risk for DCL.

Keywords:

Alcohol
Alcohol use disorder
Leishmaniasis
Cutaneous leishmaniasis
Dermatology
Alcohol dependence
Medicine
Leishmania braziliensis
northeast brazil

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