title: Diagnosis of Leishmania infection in a nonendemic area of South America.
abstract: American tegumentary leishmaniasis is the generic name for a variety of cutaneous and mucocutaneous presentations of parasitosis caused by several species of the genus Leishmania. This is a widespread infection in the American continent, from the South of the United States to the North of Argentina. We herein describe the management of a patient with American tegumentary leishmaniasis in Mendoza, Argentina, a nonendemic area of South America, whose diagnosis and treatment were significantly delayed, because the patient did not report a recent history of travel to any known endemic areas. This case stresses the need for training health-care professionals in the diagnosis and treatment of not only endemic parasitosis within their work zones but also nonendemic parasitosis.
authors: Área de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina; Instituto de Medicina y Biología Experimental de Cuyo (IMBECU), CCT-Mendoza, CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina. Electronic address: diegocargnelutti@hotmail.com.
authors: Diego Esteban
authors: DE
authors: Cargnelutti
authors: Área de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina.
authors: Carlos Guillermo
authors: CG
authors: Borremans
authors: Área de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina.
authors: Rosa Lydia
authors: RL
authors: Tonelli
authors: Área de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina.
authors: Liliana Carmen
authors: LC
authors: Carrizo
authors: Área de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina.
authors: María Cristina
authors: MC
authors: Salomón
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007891:Leishmania / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D014195:Travel; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Argentina; leishmaniasis; mucosal involvement; nonendemic area