New World leishmaniasis from Spain.
A 69 year old man living in Spain contracted mucocutaneous leishmaniasis involving the nose. The infecting organism was Leishmania infantum, which only rarely causes the New World form of the disease. The source of infection was probably a neighbour's dog. The patient began treatment with liposomal amphotericin B but died of pneumonia two months later.
Tomson
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Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK.
Symonds
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RP
Moir
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Kendall
C H
CH
Wiselka
M J
MJ
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D013030:Spain; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B