Characteristic or finding Value
Gender  
   male 193 (82.5%)
   female 41 (17,5%)
Age-group/ years (median = 48 )  
  1 to 20 10 (4.3%)
  21 to 40 68 (29%)
  41 to 60 106 (45.3%)
  > 60 50 (21.4%)
High risk activities for acquiring ATL  
   Extraction of natural resources 187 (80%)
   House / stay in areas of transmission 41 (17.5%)
   Professional Activities in the area of ​​transmission 6 (2.5%)
Previous history of CL 193 (82.5%)
Presence of cutaneous scar 193 (82.5%)
Inadequate treatment of CL 112 (63.6%)
Average time between CL and ML 16.7 (30 days to 74 years)
Duration of disease, years (median) 7.9 (30 days to 50 years)
Table 1: Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of 234 patients with mucosal
leishmaniasis treated in a Tertiary Referral Center in the Amazon