Unusual Presentation of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Ocular Leishmaniasis

The leishmaniases are parasitic diseases that are transmitted to humans by infected female sandflies. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is one of 3 main forms of the disease. CL is the most common form of the disease and is endemic in many urban and rural parts of Iran and usually caused by two species o...

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Autores principales: Doroodgar, Masoud, Doroodgar, Moein, Doroodgar, Abbas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5292196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28210511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3198547
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description The leishmaniases are parasitic diseases that are transmitted to humans by infected female sandflies. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is one of 3 main forms of the disease. CL is the most common form of the disease and is endemic in many urban and rural parts of Iran and usually caused by two species of Leishmania: L. major and L. tropica. We report a case of unusual leishmaniasis with 25 lesions on exposed parts of the body and right eyelid involvement (ocular leishmaniasis). The patient was a 75-year-old male farmer referred to health care center in Aran va Bidgol city. The disease was diagnosed by direct smear, culture, and PCR from the lesions. PCR was positive for Leishmania major.
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spelling pubmed-52921962017-02-16 Unusual Presentation of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Ocular Leishmaniasis Doroodgar, Masoud Doroodgar, Moein Doroodgar, Abbas Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report The leishmaniases are parasitic diseases that are transmitted to humans by infected female sandflies. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is one of 3 main forms of the disease. CL is the most common form of the disease and is endemic in many urban and rural parts of Iran and usually caused by two species of Leishmania: L. major and L. tropica. We report a case of unusual leishmaniasis with 25 lesions on exposed parts of the body and right eyelid involvement (ocular leishmaniasis). The patient was a 75-year-old male farmer referred to health care center in Aran va Bidgol city. The disease was diagnosed by direct smear, culture, and PCR from the lesions. PCR was positive for Leishmania major. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017 2017-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5292196/ /pubmed/28210511 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3198547 Text en Copyright © 2017 Masoud Doroodgar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Unusual Presentation of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Ocular Leishmaniasis
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title_short Unusual Presentation of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Ocular Leishmaniasis
title_sort unusual presentation of cutaneous leishmaniasis: ocular leishmaniasis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5292196/
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