کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5669089 | 1407937 | 2016 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
American tegumentary leishmaniasis is the generic name for a variety of cutaneous and mucocutaneous presentations of parasitosis caused by several species of the genus Leishmania. This is a widespread infection in the American continent, from the South of the United States to the North of Argentina. We herein describe the management of a patient with American tegumentary leishmaniasis in Mendoza, Argentina, a nonendemic area of South America, whose diagnosis and treatment were significantly delayed, because the patient did not report a recent history of travel to any known endemic areas. This case stresses the need for training health-care professionals in the diagnosis and treatment of not only endemic parasitosis within their work zones but also nonendemic parasitosis.
Journal: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection - Volume 49, Issue 5, October 2016, Pages 809-812