Digital nerve blocks: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Study Objective: Digital nerve blocks (DNBs) provide local anesthesia for minor procedures of the digits. Several DNB techniques have been described, but it is unclear which technique provides adequate anesthesia with the least pain. DNB techniques can be grouped into a dorsal approach, which requires 2 injections, versus 3 different types of volar approaches, which require a single injection.

Coinfection with Leishmania major and Staphylococcus aureus enhances the pathologic responses to both microbes through a pathway involving IL-17A.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic disease causing chronic, ulcerating skin lesions. Most humans infected with the causative Leishmania protozoa are asymptomatic. Leishmania spp.