Epidemiología de los ingresos hospitalarios por leishmaniasis en España (1999-2003)

The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiology of patients hospitalized for leishmaniasis during the period 1999 to 2003.This is a retrospective study using the Minimum Data Set for Hospital Discharge (CMBD, Conjunto Mínimo Básico de Datos al alta hospitalaria), a national surveillance system database.There were 1,180 hospital admissions with a primary diagnosis of leishmaniasis, 34% of which were readmissions, yielding a total of 786...