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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Leishmania mexicana infection of the eyelid in a traveler to Belize
Autores: | Vinetz,Joseph M.; Soong,Lynn.
Data: | 2006-08-01
Ano: | 2006
Palavras-chave: | Leishmania mexicana; Traveler; Belize.
Resumo: | A 50 year-old man, a United States resident, presented in Texas with a violaceous non-ulcerating lesion, involving the entire lower eyelid. The patient had traveled to a jungle area of Belize several hours drive from the capital city. Leishmania mexicana was isolated. The lesion only partially resolved after an initial course of sodium stibogluconate, requiring retreatment. At two years of follow-up, there was no relapse. The parasite isolated from the patient caused a progressive, non-ulcerating lesion in an experimental mouse footpad infection. This is an unusual case of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a traveler. Travelers must be educated about personal protective measures to prevent exotic infections acquired during travel.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/review
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702006000400016
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702006000400016
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.10 n.4 2006
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess