01249nas a2200169   4500000000100000008004100001100001800042700001300060700001200073700001400085245006200099856008000161300001200241490000700253520080500260022001401065       2018                            d1 aMercadante LM1 aSantos M1 aPegas E1 aKadunc BV00aLeprosy and American cutaneous leishmaniasis coinfection.  uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871378/pdf/abd-93-01-0123.pdf  a123-1250 v933 a<p>Brazil is a country with a high prevalence of infectious diseases such as leprosy and leishmaniasis. However, coinfection of these diseases is still poorly understood. We report a case of a patient who presented with lepromatous leprosy and cutaneous-mucosal leishmaniasis at the same period. After clinical, laboratory, and histopathological diagnosis, the treatment was introduced and the patient showed important clinical improvement. He was followed in our outpatient clinic. Both pathologies play an important role in the immune system. Depending on the immune response profile of the host, diseases may present themselves in different ways. In this case, the patient showed a divergent immune response for each disease. We hypothesized that this response is specific for each pathogen.</p>
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