Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Pediatric Patients in a Single Tertiary Hospital in Ankara
Author(s) -
Ayşe Kaman,
Gönül Tanır,
Zeynep Gökçe Gayretli Aydın,
Özge Metin Akcan,
Türkan Aydın Teke,
Fatma Nur Öz,
Mesut Mungan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
turkish journal of parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2146-3077
pISSN - 1300-6320
DOI - 10.5152/tpd.2017.5118
Subject(s) - cutaneous leishmaniasis , medicine , meglumine antimoniate , leishmaniasis , medical record , lesion , dermatology , surgery , pediatrics , pathology
Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease that is caused by a protozoan parasite of the Leishmania genus and that occurs worldwide. Leishmaniasis is endemic in southeastern Turkey and the neighboring Middle Eastern countries. The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics of patients admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL).
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