The lack of training among health professionals to correctly use ICD-10 codes may have been expressed as a nondifferential classification bias [28]. Additionally, the SISPRO database only contains sociodemographic variables; therefore, the type of causative microorganism and other clinically relevant ...
With increased global travel, cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is becoming more common in developed nations. However, current therapeutic options are limited. These investigators reported on the case of a 16-year old girl who presented with several non-tender, non-healing CL wounds on her bilateral ...
We performed an ICD-10 search for the most common TASDs in 2014. The insurance database held 455 cases; the most common were myiasis (n = 112/25 %), larva migrans (n = 110/24 %) and leishmaniasis (n = 68/15 %) (Figure 1a). 49 % of the study population were female (n = ...
Mechanical trauma and injuries have been sporadically described as triggers for the development of ulcerative cutaneous leishmaniasis in endemic areas. In this patient, the failure to respond to well-known and effective treatment options for pyoderma gangrenosum called this diagnosis into question [28,...