TABLE 1.
Clinical characteristics and evolution of study subjects from whom biopsy specimens were obtained
| Characteristic | Value for group |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asymptomatic (n = 5) | Chronic (n = 8) | ||
| Mean age (yr) (range) | 49 (27–64) | 36 (21–66) | 0.29 |
| % male patients | 100 | 100 | |
| % of patients of ethnic group | |||
| Afro-Colombian | 100 | 50 | |
| Mestizo | 37.5 | ||
| Indigenous | 12.5 | ||
| Mean Montenegro skin test reaction zone (mm) (range) | 14 (13–16) | 13 (9.7–19) | 0.56 |
| Median no. of lesions per subject (range) | 1 (1–8) | ||
| Median duration of older lesion (mo) (range) | 19 (6–240) | ||
| % of patients with lesion type | |||
| Ulcer | 50 | ||
| Plaque | 50 | ||
| % of patients with Leishmania isolated | |||
| L. panamensis | 37.5 | ||
| L. braziliensis | 12.5 | ||
| Not determineda | 100 | 50 | |
a
Not determined because no strain was isolated.