Active clinical trials for "Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous"

The aim of this study is to estimate the accuracy of CL Detect Rapid Test™ compared to a composite reference standard test (Direct examination of skin smears + PCR test) in patients with clinically suspected Cutaneous Leishmaniasis disease in Morocco.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is endemic in Israel and is caused by Leishmania major or Leishmania tropica. CL is usually a benign disease and limited to the skin. One of the local treatment available is intralesional (IL) Pentostam injection. During the current study the investigators will monitor the adverse effects of this treatment and will follow up the recovery of the lesions after Pentostam injections.

Patients with biopsy proven new world cutaneous or mucocutaneous leishmaniasis will be treated with sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam).

The objective of the project is to study the pathogenesis of Leishmania tropica infection in a focus of infection, to learn about relationship of infection in humans with ecological factors such as infection in hyraxes reservoir hosts and vector sandflies

Determine the sensitivity and specificity of the FDA-cleared CL Detect™ Rapid Test in Peru, using a test procedure that was modified from that described in the device instructions to optimize these parameters for the detection of Leishmania species identified in Peru.