Diagnosis of Leishmania infection in a nonendemic area of South America

作者：Esteban Cargnelutti Diego; Guillermo Borremans Carlos; Lydia Tonelli Rosa; Carmen Carrizo Liliana; Cristina Salomon Maria

来源：Journal of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection, 2016, 49(5): 809-812.

DOI：10.1016/j.jmii.2014.11.014

• Argentina
• leishmaniasis
• mucosal involvement
• nonendemic area

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.

• 出版日期2016-10
• 单位河北医科大学