Cutaneous infection with Leishmania infantum in an infant treated successfully with miltefosine.
A two-year-old girl presented with a 20 month history of a facial nodule which had appeared after a vacation on Mallorca. Various topical treatments at other hospitals for the working diagnosis of mastocytoma failed to prevent a slow increase in size and the onset of systemic signs and symptoms. An indurated crusted nodule evolved. Histology, tissue PCR and serologic analysis proved the presence of Leishmania infantum. She was treated with oral miltefosine 10 mg p.o. t.i.d. for 28 days. Regression was apparent after 8 weeks and complete healing after 6 months.
Neub
Angela
A
PsoriSol Clinic for Dermatology and Allergy, Hersbruck, Germany.
Krahl
Dieter
D
Stich
August
A
Amon
Ulrich
U
D000287:Administration, Topical; D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000187:drug effects*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010767:Phosphorylcholine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D010767:Phosphorylcholine; C039128:miltefosine