Publications by authors named "Hasapi V"
Background: The management of cutaneous leishmaniasis with topical methods, if effective, can spare patients from long and costly inpatient treatments.
Methods: Seventeen patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis were treated with cryosurgery using liquid nitrogen as the cryogen. Two cycles of 10-30 s freezing time were used and repeated at 3-week intervals.
Background: Syphilis incognito is a subtype of latent syphilis (early or late) characterized by no signs or symptoms of primary or secondary syphilis and diagnosed by positive serologic results for syphilis during routine screening.
Objective: To study the epidemiological characteristics, causes, and implications of syphilis incognito in Greece.
Patients And Methods: All new adult patients diagnosed as having syphilis in Andreas Sygros Hospital for Skin and Venereal Diseases, Athens, Greece, from 1989 through 1996 were studied prospectively and retrospectively (history, physical examination, serologic tests, cerebrospinal fluid examination, and imaging) to determine the stage of their disease.