Open AccessUnusual clinical presentation of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a patient with corticosteroid‐induced immunosuppression
Author(s) -
Mahdavi Maryam,
Aryan Reihaneh,
Nahidi Yalda,
Teimoorian Mehrdad,
Mashayekhi Vahid
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3482
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , corticosteroid , presentation (obstetrics) , dermatology , intensive care medicine , immunology , surgery
Clinicians should always consider rare, atypical, and opportunistic infections in patients undergoing long‐term systemic corticosteroid therapy. Diagnosis needs further evaluations and special consideration.