American cutaneous leishmaniasis as a rare imported disease in Europe: a case report favourably treated with antimonial derivatives.
A rare case report of American leishmaniasis imported to Italy after a prolonged journey in Brazil is described, and discussed according to the recent epidemiologic, diagnostic, and clinical literature evidence. Since a delayed diagnosis and treatment of American leishmaniasis outside endemic areas is common (due to a low clinical suspicion), careful and timely consideration of tropical infections is warranted in the differential diagnosis of cutaneous lesions found in a European traveller.
Manfredi
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Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi General Hospital, Italy. Manfredi@med.unibo.it
di Bari
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Calza
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Chiodo
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D000293:Adolescent; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001938:Brazil; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008536:Meglumine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014195:Travel
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008536:Meglumine; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate