Leishmaniose tegumentar americana no Distrito Federal

Abstract

In the present study, we report 11 cases of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) in patients living in the Federal District who had not left their area of residence for a period ranging from six months to two years before the onset of the disease. Six of the eleven patients live in the suburban town of Planaltina. All showed a positive Leishmanin intradermal reaction. Ten of them presented the parasite in their lesions. Leishmania (V) braziliensi was identified in the lesions of two patients by the monoclonal antibody method. Nine patients were treated with pentavalent antimoy and two with pentamidine. Relapse occurred in two cases after treatment with antimony. In view of the detection of vectors and infected patients in the Federal District, it is probable that Leishmania infection is occurring in Brasilia and its suburban areas.

Estudo da transmissão da leishmaniose tegumentar americana no Distrito Federal

“…Houve predominância da incidência de LTA em homens, faixa etária entre 11 e 58 anos, dados semelhantes aos estudos realizados em outros estados 2 20 21 e, em período anterior, no DF 14 . Foram acometidas duas crianças até 12 anos de idade.…”

“…Todos pacientes do DF apresentaram lesão cutânea única com predomínio de lesão ulcerada, semelhante a dados obtidos em estudos anteriores, nos quais predominavam pacientes de outros estados 14 . No que se refere à localização das lesões, houve predomínio destas em membros superiores (6 de 10 doentes) quando, normalmente, são os membros inferiores mais atingidos.…”

“…Estas duas espécies de flebotomíneos encontradas correspondem a registros feitos anteriormente de espécies encontradas no DF 14 , constituindo preocupação, hoje, a presença de flebotomíneos no peri/intradomicílio 4 .…”

Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is the main species causing cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Federal District of Brazil

“…Four years later, four cases of ACL were published, and the hypothesis of peridomestic infection was raised. This hypothesis has now been strongly reinforced by several findings (6)(7)(8).…”

Leishmaniose mucosa fatal em criança

“…Paraná is an endemic state, 9 but also in DF autochthonous cases have been registered sin 1980. 10 The child used to go to a ranch in DF, which was surrounded by woods, thus the possibility of infection there.…”