title: Imported mucosal leishmaniasis in a traveler.
abstract: We report a case of mucosal leishmaniasis in a traveler returning from South America. The traveler developed nasal symptoms 2 months after the appearance of cutaneous ulcers. Diagnosis of mucosal Leishmania viannia braziliensis infection was made 5 years later. The clinical presentation and diagnosis for the patient are reported, and previous cases in travelers are reviewed. We recommend that mucosal examination should be part of follow-up for L. viannia braziliensis infection in travelers. Mucosal leishmaniasis should be part of the differential diagnosis of mucosal lesions in patients with a history of travel to South America, however remote the likelihood of infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Hashomer, 52621, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scope
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Trau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yarom
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nasereddin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007892:Leishmania braziliensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D013020:South America; D014195:Travel