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Volume 27, Number 9—September 2021
Dispatch

Disseminated Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Alcohol Misuse, Northeast Brazil, 2015–2018

Anastácio Q. SousaComments to Author , Pedro D.T. Sindeaux Filho, Diane I.M. Cavalcante, Mércia S. Frutuoso, Francisco F. Pereira, José W.O. Lima, Laécio P.S. Santos, José A.N. Queiroz, James H. Maguire, Richard D. Pearson, and Margarida M.L. Pompeu
Author affiliations: Hospital São José for Infectious Diseases, Fortaleza, Brazil (A.Q. Sousa); Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza (A.Q. Sousa, P.D.T. Sindeaux Filho, D.I.M. Cavalcante, M.S. Frutuoso, F.F. Pereira, L.P.S. Santos, J.A.N. Queiroz, M.M.L. Pompeu); S; tate University of Ceará, Fortaleza (J.W.O. Lima); Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (J.H. Maguire); University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA (R.D. Pearson)

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Table 1

Clinical, diagnostic and alcohol intake data of 18 patients with disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis, Baturité region, Ceará State, Northeast Brazil, 2015–2018*

Patient ID Alcohol intake, g/d Age, y/sex Duration of lesions, wks† No. lesions Lesion type(s) Mucosal lesions Diagnostic method
1 800 25/M NA 79 U, Ac, P No H
2 600 41/M 16 184 Cr, U Yes H
3 400 36/M 16 167 U, Cr, crusted-horny, P Yes C, H, I
4 400 60/M 5 13 U, P No H
5 400 41/M NA 24 U NA H
6 400 49/M 16 171 U, N, Ac, P No H, I
7 400 44/M 32 720 U, P, Ac Yes H, I
8 300 51/M 36 110 U, N NA H
9 240 73/M 24 20 U, Cr, N No H
10 230 47/M 24 18 U, Cr, P No C, H
11 170 39/M 18 37 P, U, zosteriform Yes H
12 140 38/M 6 71 P, Cr, U, crusted-horny Yes C, H, I
13 60 19/M 12 14 U, Cr, P No H, C
14 45 32/M 32 421 U, P, Cr, N Yes C, H
15 0 77/M 32 22 U, N, Ac Yes H
16 0 34/F 8 41 U, N Yes H
17 0 71/F 8 19 U, P No H
18 0 42/M NA 60 U, N, Cr Yes C, H

*Ac, acneiform; Cr, crusted; C, culture; H, histopathology; I, immunohistochemical assay; ID, identification; N, nodular; NA, not available; P, papular; U, ulcerated. †At time of diagnosis.

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