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Observational studyPLoS neglected tropical diseases2021

Clinical diversity and treatment results in Tegumentary Leishmaniasis: A European clinical report in 459 patients.

Romain Guery, Stephen L Walker, Gundel Harms, Andreas Neumayr, Pieter Van Thiel, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Jan Clerinx, Sara Karlsson Söbirk, Leo Visser, Laurence Lachaud and 8 more

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Observational study in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Afghanistan.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2025
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  10. A Rare Case of Isolated Pulmonary Leishmaniasis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025
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  13. Mucosal Leishmaniasis in Tunisia: Observations from a Rare Case Report.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025
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  18. Leishmaniasis in otorhinolaryngology: an emerging disease and its relationship with anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha drugs.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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  20. Molecular Typing ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 12 institutions in 8 countries.

Romain GueryNecker-Pasteur Infectiology Centre, Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, Institut Imagine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9129-7799
Stephen L WalkerHospital for Tropical Diseases and Department of Dermatology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2034-8376
Gundel HarmsInstitute of Tropical Medicine and International Health,Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Andreas NeumayrSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7358-2791
Pieter Van ThielAmsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jean-Pierre GangneuxUniv Rennes, CHU Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail)-UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France.
Jan ClerinxInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Sara Karlsson SöbirkDivision of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-3789-0532
Leo VisserDepartment of Infectious Diseases, LU-CID, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Laurence LachaudDepartment of Parasitology-Mycology, University of Montpellier, Montpellier University Hospital, French National Reference Center for Leishmania, MIVEGEC, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6761-8161
Mark BaileyBirmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4840-5093
Aldert BartAmsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Christophe RavelDepartment of Parasitology-Mycology, University of Montpellier, Montpellier University Hospital, French National Reference Center for Leishmania, MIVEGEC, Montpellier, France.
Gert Van der AuweraInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3742-7046
Johannes BlumUniversity of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Diana N LockwoodHospital for Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2865-8966
Pierre BuffetUniversité de Paris, UMRs-1134, Inserm, Centre Médical de l'Institut Pasteur, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0003-4010-929X
LeishMan Network and the French Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Study group
Amsterdam University Medical Centers · NLInserm · FRInstituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde · BEUniversité de Montpellier · FRUniversity of London · GBHeartlands Hospital · GBHôpital Necker-Enfants Malades · FRHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DELeiden University · NLLund University · SESwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute · CHUniversity of Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is frequent in travellers and can involve oro-nasal mucosae. Clinical presentation impacts therapeutic management. METHODOLOGY: Demographic and clinical data from 459 travellers infected in 47 different countries were collected by members of the European LeishMan consortium. The infecting Leishmania species was identified in 198 patients. PRINCIPAL

findingsCompared to Old World CL, New World CL was more frequently ulcerative (75% vs 47%), larger (3 vs 2cm), less frequently facial (17% vs 38%) and less frequently associated with mucosal involvement (2.7% vs 5.3%). Patients with mucosal lesions were older (58 vs 30 years) and more frequently immunocompromised (37% vs 3.5%) compared to patients with only skin lesions. Young adults infected in Latin America with L. braziliensis or L. guyanensis complex typically had an ulcer of the lower limbs with mucosal involvement in 5.8% of cases. Typically, infections with L. major and L. tropica acquired in Africa or the Middle East were not associated with mucosal lesions, while infections with L. infantum, acquired in Southern Europe resulted in slowly evolving facial lesions with mucosal involvement in 22% of cases. Local or systemic treatments were used in patients with different clinical presentations but resulted in similarly high cure rates (89% vs 86%). CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE: CL acquired in L. infantum-endemic European and Mediterranean areas displays unexpected high rates of mucosal involvement comparable to those of CL acquired in Latin America, especially in immunocompromised patients. When used as per recommendations, local therapy is associated with high cure rates.

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AdolescentAdultAfricaAgedAntiprotozoal AgentsChildEuropeFemaleHumansLeishmaniaLeishmaniasis, CutaneousMaleMiddle AgedMiddle EastSouth AmericaTravelAntiprotozoal Agents

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PMID34644288
PMCPMC8544871
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