Reactivation of cutaneous leishmaniasis after surgery
- 1 December 1999
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 141 (6), 1113-1116
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.03215.x
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.Keywords
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