title: Cutaneous leishmaniasis after travel to Cyprus and successful treatment with miltefosine.
abstract: A patient presenting with an atypical manifestation of cutaneous leishmaniasis after travel to Cyprus was successfully treated with miltefosine. The K26 typing revealed a hitherto undescribed strain of the Leishmania donovani/infantum complex as the causing agent.
authors: Department of Dermatology and Tropical Medicine, Military Hospital Vienna, Brünnerstraße 238, Vienna, Austria. wolfgang.poeppl@meduniwien.ac.at
authors: Wolfgang
authors: W
authors: Poeppl
authors: Julia
authors: J
authors: Walochnik
authors: Tom
authors: T
authors: Pustelnik
authors: Herbert
authors: H
authors: Auer
authors: Gerhard
authors: G
authors: Mooseder
mesh_terms: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D003535:Cyprus / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010767:Phosphorylcholine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D010767:Phosphorylcholine; C039128:miltefosine