A CASE OF ORIENTAL SORE (DERMAL LEISHMANIOSIS) IN A NATIVE COLOMBIAN

A Case of "Oriental Sore."

[Reported by Apothecary Ahmed Khan. J Ebkahim, a Persian, aged 46, applied at the Dispensary, Bushire. on May 18th,for deafness without any pain or discharge in or from the ears, audit was only accidentally that Dr. Lucas noticed the peculiar cutaneous affection on his hands whilst presenting to him his ticket. History.?Born in Bushire and resided there all his life; is married and has children...

A Case of Oriental Sore in Assam

a disease of the dry desert area where phlebotomus papatasii p. sergenti are prevalent. In India cases of oriental sore are prevalent in the dry western zone (western part, 79? east of Greenwitch) where the insect vector is phlebotomies papatasii; on the other hand cases of kala-azar are seen in the eastern humid zone where p. argentipes is the insect vector responsible for the spread of the di...

Specific for Oriental Sore (Dermal Leishmaniasis)

An Interesting Case of Oriental Sore

was present. The glands of the neck were enlarged. On enquiry I was told that she had never been out of Calcutta, and I gave instructions that I would see the case again a fortnight later. She was again brought to me on the 20th December, 1924. By this time the sore had increased considerably in size, and there was a very marked scab. I punctured the edge of the sore and found Leishmania tropic...

Oriental Sore

Note.?Single sores represent about 40 per cent of all cases. It is suggested that a single sore, naturally acquired, be allowed to run its course, if not on the face, and if protected from bites. The development of an active immunity from one infection with oriental sore is generally accepted. Inoculation with attenuated cultures of the parasite is being successfully carried out in some endemic...