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Case Reports
. 1999 Dec;141(6):1113-6.
doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.03215.x.

Reactivation of cutaneous leishmaniasis after surgery

R T Czechowicz  1 , T P Millard, H R Smith, R E Ashton, S B Lucas, R J Hay
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Case Reports

Reactivation of cutaneous leishmaniasis after surgery

R T Czechowicz et al. Br J Dermatol. 1999 Dec.

Abstract

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is caused by a parasite from the genus Leishmania. Infection is transmitted to humans from the bite of sandflies. We describe an 85-year-old man who developed CL on his face after recent cutaneous surgery in that site. The case is also unusual because the most likely source of exposure to the infection occurred over 50 years previously. Polymerase chain reaction, slit-skin smear, serology and the leishmanin test were not helpful in diagnosis, which was confirmed by histopathological demonstration of the parasite.

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