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Two cases of imported cutaneous leishmaniasis in Korea

Author(s) -

Tae Young Yun,

Hee Chul Eun,

Yoo Shin Lee,

Je G.,

Eui Keun Ham,

SungTae Hong,

Soon Hyung Lee

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

korean journal of parasitology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1738-0006

pISSN - 0023-4001

DOI - 10.3347/kjp.1985.23.2.327

Subject(s) - cutaneous leishmaniasis , medicine , forearm , amastigote , dermatology , leishmaniasis , leishmania , wrist , sandfly , histiocyte , pathology , surgery , parasite hosting , world wide web , computer science

Two Korean men who had worked in Saudi Arabia complained of skin ulcers in the right wrist for 5 months or in the face and left forearm for 4 months each. Ulcers accompanying crust was observed in both cases. The characteristic cellular destruction and amastigote in the cytoplasm of histiocyte supported the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Those are 17th and 18th imported cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Korea(summarized from text).

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