Table III.

Comparison between patients who responded (responders) and did not respond (non-responders) to systemic treatments for Leishmania tropica cutaneous leishmaniasis

	Responders	Non responders	p-value
Patients, n	91	36	0.78
Men, n (%)	50 (54.9)	14 (38.8 (	0.1
Age, years, mean (range)	11 (1–79)	9.5 (1–83)	0.87
Weight	40 (10–117)	30.5 (11–70)	0.89
Lesions, n	3	3	0.054
Cartilaginous areas, n (%)	20 (21.9)	17 (47.2)	0.004
Adverse effects, n (%)	30 (32.9)	10 (27.7)	0.57
Time until diagnosis, months, mean	3	2	0.54
Previous treatment (topical or systemic), n (%)	48 (52.74)	13 (36.11)	0.09