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LeishMan recommendations for treatment of cutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasis in travelers, 2014

Blum, Johannes and Buffet, Pierre and Visser, Leo and Harms, Gundel and Bailey, Mark S. and Caumes, Eric and Clerinx, Jan and van Thiel, Pieter P. A. M. and Morizot, Gloria and Hatz, Christoph and Dorlo, Thomas P. C. and Lockwood, Diana N. J.. (2014) LeishMan recommendations for treatment of cutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasis in travelers, 2014. Journal of travel medicine, Vol. 21, H. 2. pp. 116-129.

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Abstract

Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) in travelers is still controversial. Over the last decade, national and international consortia have published recommendations for treating CL in travelers. These guidelines harmonize many issues, but there are some discrepancies.; Leishmania parasites causing CL can now be genotyped by polymerase chain reaction techniques for detecting Leishmania DNA. Therefore, treatment recommendations can now be species based rather than based on geographical exposure. To review the evidence on which the recommendations were based, "LeishMan" (Leishmaniasis Management), a group of experts from 13 institutions in eight European countries, performed a PubMed MEDLINE) literature search and considered unpublished evidence and the experts' own personal experiences. The Oxford evidence grading system was used to evaluate the information.; In this article, the authors provide practical treatment recommendations for imported CL and ML in Europe, drawn up from the review by the European experts.
Faculties and Departments:09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Former Units within Swiss TPH > Medical Practice Föhre (Blum)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Public Health > Sozial- und Präventivmedizin > Medicines Development (Paris)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Department of Medicine (MED) > Medicines Development (Paris)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
UniBasel Contributors:Blum, Johannes A. and Hatz, Christoph
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Blackwell
ISSN:1195-1982
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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