A case of imported Leishmania infantum cutaneous leishmaniasis; an unusual presentation occurring 19 years after travel

BACKGROUND: Leishmania infantum is a flagellated protozoan parasite that is able to parasitize blood and tissue. Leishmania species cause a spectrum of clinical disease with cutaneous, visceral or mucosal involvement. L. infantum is recognised as a cause of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and is less co...

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Autores principales: Crowe, Amy, Slavin, John, Stark, Damien, Aboltins, Craig
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25428722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0597-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25428722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0597-x

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