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Case Reports
. 2011 Oct;11(5):492-7.
doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.11-5-492.

Leishmaniasis

Elinor M Moore  1 , Diana N Lockwood
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Case Reports

Leishmaniasis

Elinor M Moore et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2011 Oct.

Abstract

Leishmaniasis is an uncommon infectious disease in the UK with a variety of clinical presentations. Physicians should remember to consider this diagnosis in patients with an appropriate travel history (including the Mediterranean basin) and seek help with diagnostics from a specialised parasitology laboratory. Treatment regimens may be unfamiliar to the general physician, and thus should also be discussed with an expert.

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Geographical distribution of visceral leishmaniasis. Reproduced with permission from the World Health Organization.
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Geographical distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Reproduced with permission from the World Health Organization.
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Early Cutaneous leishmaniasis lesion with a raised indurated edges around a central ulcer. Papules can be seen spreading from the lesion. Figure courtesy of Colonel Mark Bailey.
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Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). iv = intravenous; NWCL = New World CL; OWCL = Old World CL, PCR = polymerase chain reaction; SSG = sodium stibogluconate.,
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