title: Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis with infrared heat.
abstract: One hundred seventy-eight patients having cutaneous leishmaniasis were treated by exposing the largest lesion once to a source of infrared heat. This treatment provokes an immune response in the patient and allows the lesions to disappear in approximately 5-6 weeks.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007259:Infrared Rays; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged