Levamisole and immune response phenomena in cutaneous leishmaniasis - 07/10/17
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Levamisole has been successfully, used therapeutically in twenty-eight cases of chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis. It is suggested that repeated sandfly bites. not initiating a clinical lesion may immunize against later infection by the formation of blocking antibodies to Leishmania tropica or by denying the parasite a locus in which it can become established. Late-appearing lesions in natives of endemic areas should raise the suspicion of impaired immunity from systemic disease such as malignancy.
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P. 1070-1077 - juin 1982 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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