Cutaneous leishmaniasis forms | Number of patients | Ridley score | Real-time PCR | P value (Ridley) | P value (qPCR) | |||||||||
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0+ | 1+ | 2+ | 3+ | 4+ | Ct (mean ± SD) | Parasite load (mean) | A | CL | CNL | A | CL | CNL | ||
A | 10 | – | – | 4 | 4 | 2 | 26.24 ± 4.59 | 13,064 | – | < 0.001 | 0.038 | – | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
CL | 16 | 10 | 6 | – | – | – | 31.88 ± 0.24 | 63 | < 0.001 | – | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | – | 0.549 |
CNL | 14 | – | 4 | 7 | 3 | – | 31.31 ± 0.71 | 98 | 0.038 | < 0.001 | – | < 0.001 | 0.549 | – |