A case of laboratory acquired Leishmania donovani infection; evidence for primary lymphatic dissemination.
We report the case of a laboratory worker who received close medical follow-up after accidently inoculating her hand with a needle containing a Humera strain of Leishmania donovani amastigotes. She developed a leishmanoma and histologic evidence of local lymphatic dissemination before being treated. The spectrum of disease caused by L. donovani is discussed.
Freedman
D O
DO
McGill University Centre for Tropical Diseases, Montreal, Canada.
MacLean
J D
JD
Viloria
J B
JB
D000328:Adult; D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007757:Laboratory Infection / Q000473:pathology*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology
D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate