background: cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is a major health problem in many parts of iran, although diagnosis of cl especially in the endemic area is easy, but treatment and management of the disease is a global dilemma. diag-nosis of cl in non-endemic area is not as simple as in endemic foci. in this study, the status and the proportions of cl induced by leishmania major and l. tropica among cl...

b a ckground: the objective of this study was to assess the epidemiological characteristics of a new emerging focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) in southern villages of bam district, southeastern iran, 2010. m e t hods: a house-to- house census survey of 5544 individuals were interviewed and physically examined for the presence of active lesions or scars. diagnosis was confirmed by direct sm...

cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is the most common parasitic disease transmitted by vectors in iran. cl is endemic in many urban and rural parts of iran and usually caused by two species of leishmania as l . major and l . tropica transmitted to humans from parasite reservoirs by the bite of female sandflies. we report a case of ocular leishmaniasis with eyelid involvement presentation. the patient...

background: the recent devastating earthquake of december 26 in bam, 2003 created various risk factors; caused a sharp increase in incidence of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl) cases and reached to an epidemic proportion. the objective of this study was to evaluate the status of acl cases five years before the earthquake compared to the cases occurred five years after the earthquake ...

background: characterization of leishmania parasites is necessary for epidemiological objectives such as documenting the distri­bution of predominant species and designing appropriate control measures. in this study, we aimed to identify leishma­nia species isolated from cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) patients, using rapd-pcr method. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was designed a...

The wide variety of Leishmania species responsible for human American cutaneous leishmaniasis combined with the immune mechanisms of the host results in a large spectrum of clinical, histopathological, and immunopathological manifestations. At the middle of this spectrum are the most frequent cases of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (LCL) caused by members of the subgenera Leishmania and Vian...

Objective: To identify the Leishmania species being responsible for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Multan. Method: Parasites were isolated from clinically and parasitologically confirmed lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis from 30 patients by fine needle aspiration (FNA). The bioptical materials were then cultured in Evans Tobie's medium and parasites isolated were identified by isoenzyme electropho...

We present a case of a child with Leishmania infantum cutaneous leishmaniasis unresponsive to 2 courses of intravenous liposomal amphotericin B, a treatment failure that has not been reported in this Leishmania species. The patient responded to topical imiquimod and had no relapse. We review the literature on the treatment failure of liposomal amphotericin B for cutaneous leishmaniasis.

Background: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, is endemically observed in different parts of Iran in two forms of anthroponotic and zoonotic. The identification of both species and the type of disease are beneficial for treatment and prevention. Microscopic identification of Leishmania species has not provided promising efficacy. The aim of this study was to determine the Le...

In the United States, autochthonous cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by infection with Leishmania mexicana has been reported from Texas and Oklahoma. Here, we describe a child with 2 new features: cutaneous infection acquired outside of the south-central United States (in North Dakota) and infection caused by Leishmania donovani species complex.