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Table 2 Positivity in confirmatory examsa of 445 patients with localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (INI/Fiocruz 2002–2013)

From: Clinical and laboratory profiles of patients with early spontaneous healing in cutaneous localized leishmaniasis: a historical cohort study

Number of positive tests

Treatment/No treatment

 

NESH

ESH

p-value

n

%

n

%

 

1–2

35

41.2

13b

100

0.030

3–4

50

58.8

0

0

  1. NESH -Group of treated patients
  2. ESH -Group of patients with early spontaneous healing
  3. Bold -significant p-value
  4. aImprint; culture; PCR; amastigote in histopathology and/or in anti-Leishmania immunohistochemistry
  5. bAll 13 ESH patients were positive in a single confirmatory test
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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