Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with suspected CL.
| Characteristics
|
n (%)
|
|---|---|
| Subjects | n = 105 (%) |
| Diagnosis | |
| Cutaneous leishmaniasisa | 80 (76.2) |
| Lesion smear positive only | 15 (14.3) |
| Culture positive only | 11 (10.5) |
| Lesion smearand Other culture positive | 54 (51.4) |
| Lesion smear and culture negative | 25 (23.8) |
| Age, median (range), years | 23 (3–71) |
| Gender, male (%) | 78 (74.3) |
| Ethnic group, n (%) | |
| Afro-Colombian | 47 (44.84) |
| Mestizo | 51 (47.2) |
| Indigenous | 7 (6.5) |
| White | 1 (0.9) |
| Lesions per subject, median (range) | 1 (1–50) |
| Duration of older lesion, median (range), monthsa | 2 (0.2–240) |
| Lesion characteristics | n = 204 (%) |
| Location of lesion; n (%)a | |
| Upper limbs | 65 (32) |
| Head and neck | 39 (19.2) |
| Trunk | 31 (15.3) |
| Lower limbs | 68 (33.5) |
| Type of lesion; n (%) | |
| Ulcer | 149 (73) |
| Plaque | 28 (13.8) |
| Other | 27 (13.2) |
| Lesion area, median (range), cm2 | 7.28 (0.16–48.7) |
| Leishmania strains isolated | n= 64 (%) |
| Species identification | |
| Leishmania (V) panamensis | 51 (79.7) |
| Leishmania (V) braziliensis | 8 (12.5) |
| Leishmania (V) guyanensis | 3 (4.7) |
| Leishmania amazonensis | 1 (1.6) |
| Leishmania mexicana complex | 1 (1.6) |
a
One patient was diagnosed with mucocutaneous disease.