BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease caused by species of protozoa of the genus Leishmania. In recent years, incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis has increasing trend in Golestan Province, North of Iran. The aim of the present study was to identify the frequency of cutaneous leishmaniasis using PCR-RFLP in patients referred to Kalaleh Health Center, during 2013-14. METHODS This desc...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the levels of zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), iron (Fe) and zinc/ copper ratio in the serum of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Qom Province, center of Iran. METHODS Serum levels of zinc and copper were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer and serum iron concentration was measured by using an Auto Analyzer. The study grou...

INTRODUCTION The incidence of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is increasing in Latin America, especially in Brazil, where 256,587 cases were confirmed in the last decade. METHODS This study used a Bayesian model to examine the spatial and temporal distribution of ACL cases between 2000 and 2009 in 61 counties of State of Maranhão located along the three main road and railway corridors....

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is usually easy to recognize; however, several atypical features exist, which may pose a diagnostic challenge. Here we report a 55-year-old female patient, who presented with an itchy and painful eruption localized in a dermatomal distribution along the right upper chest. Although the clinical appearance of the lesions suggested the diagnosis of herpes zoster, dermoscopi...

Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease that is endemic in tropical areas and in the Mediterranean. This condition spreads to 98 countries in four continents, surpassing 12 million infected individuals, with 350 million people at risk of infection. This disease is characterized by a wide spectrum of clinical syndromes, caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, with various animal reservoirs, s...

purpose : to introduce a case of cutaneous and lid leishmaniasis in an immune suppressed woman case report : we report an unusual clinical course of old world cutaneous leishmaniasis (owcl) in an immune suppressed 51 years old women recipient of kidney transplant. she developed disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis (dcl) with bilateral upper and lower eye lids lesions. antimoniate compounds were...

Aim: To see the efficacy of meglumine antimoniate alone in comparison with combination and CO2 ablative laser among patients cutaneous leishmaniasis. Study design: Quasi-experimental study. Place duration study: Department Dermatology, Pakistan Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi from 9th July 2020 to 8th January 2021. Methodology: Sixty (30 each group) diagnosed cases leishmaniasis by skin ...

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is a skin infection caused by various species of Leishmania parasites, which is transmitted by infected Phlebotomus sandfly bites. Pentavalent antimonials (meglumine antimoniate and sodium stibogluconate) are used for the treatment of adult CL patients as an effective and safe method. Liposomal amphotericin B is an alternative for the treatment of choice in cutaneou...

co-infection of tuberculosis and leishmaniasis has been reported previously in patients with altered immune response due to primary or secondary immunodeficiency. these intracellular pathogens have a unique interaction in the host immune response and their development depends on impaired cell-mediated immunity. a case of chronic non-healing cutaneous ulcer with chronic fistulating soft-tissue m...