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. 1986 Sep;25(7):470-2.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1986.tb03460.x.

Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis with infrared heat

A J Junaid

Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis with infrared heat

A J Junaid. Int J Dermatol. 1986 Sep.

Abstract

One hundred seventy-eight patients having cutaneous leishmaniasis were treated by exposing the largest lesion once to a source of infrared heat. This treatment provokes an immune response in the patient and allows the lesions to disappear in approximately 5-6 weeks.

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