Cutaneous leishmaniasis in North Dakota.
In the United States, autochthonous cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by infection with Leishmania mexicana has been reported from Texas and Oklahoma. Here, we describe a child with 2 new features: cutaneous infection acquired outside of the south-central United States (in North Dakota) and infection caused by Leishmania donovani species complex.
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
Miltiadis
M
Douvoyiannis
Department of Family Medicine.
Tamim
T
Khromachou
Department of Ophthalmology, Altru Health System, Grand Forks, North Dakota Department of Ophthalmology.
Norman
N
Byers
Division ofInfectious Diseases Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks.
James
J
Hargreaves
Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
Henry W
HW
Murray
D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D009658:North Dakota; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
Leishmania donovani; Leishmania infantum/chagasi; cutaneous leishmaniasis